Crime

Crime

Silk Road’s anonymity helped Feds bring it down

New evidence has come to light suggesting the Feds infiltrated Silk Road long before the website was taken down.

Policy & regulation  ·  25 October 2013
Crime

Black Market Reloaded back online following source code publication error

Thought Silk Road was mismanaged? Black Market Reloaded just effectively published its source code online.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 October 2013
Crime

CryptoLocker malware demands bitcoin ransom

Cybercriminals are infecting people's computers with malware then demanding a bitcoin ransom for the decryption key.

Markets  ·  19 October 2013
Crime

Silk Road case could set bitcoin legal precedent against self-incrimination

A legal precedent could arise if Ross Ulbricht is forced to reveal the passwords to Silk Road's bitcoin wallet.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 October 2013
Crime

Four “significant users” of Silk Road arrested in UK

Four men in the UK have been arrested over their alleged roles in the online marketplace Silk Road.

Policy & regulation  ·  8 October 2013
Crime

Silk Road alternatives emerge as public hammers FBI bitcoin wallet

The bitcoin community mocks the FBI, sending messages to the address used for seizing Silk Road's funds.

Policy & regulation  ·  8 October 2013
Crime

Why reports of bitcoin’s death are greatly exaggerated

The bitcoin world has been in a whirlwind the past few days. How was the bitcoin price impacted?

Policy & regulation  ·  4 October 2013
Hacking

BitcoinTalk forum hacked by ‘The Hole Seekers’

Popular digital currency forum BitcoinTalk has been hacked by a group calling themselves "The Hole Seekers".

Policy & regulation  ·  3 October 2013
Crime

Silk Road fell due to a catalogue of errors by owner Ross Ulbricht

Sloppy behaviour and neat detective work brought down Silk Road. Just how big was it, and what happens now?

Policy & regulation  ·  3 October 2013
Crime

Silk Road shut down and ‘owner’ Ross William Ulbricht arrested

Silk Road owner Ross William Ulbricht has allegedly been arrested and his online black market shut down.

Policy & regulation  ·  2 October 2013
Crime

Fighting the war on bitcoin, one scam at a time

With drug marketplace Atlantis closing, we take a look at the scams and potentially negative connotations of bitcoin.

Policy & regulation  ·  29 September 2013
Crime

Anonymous iPhone hacking and bitcoin’s three most important letters

As a consensus forms over the ISO code for bitcoin, John Law is perplexed by Apple's lack of wallets.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 September 2013
Crime

Task force to tackle links between criminal and virtual economies

How strong are links between virtual economies and money laundering? A new task force hopes to find out.

Markets  ·  12 September 2013
Crime

What should we do with stolen bitcoins?

If we can track stolen bitcoins, should we take them out of commission, or stop them being mined?

Tech  ·  3 September 2013
Crime

Defcon hackers crack physical bitcoin Casascius coins

The Casascius coin was shown to be vulnerable to physical attack at this year's Defcon conference.

Policy & regulation  ·  13 August 2013