6th November 2014.
Federal prosecutors in New York today announced the arrest and charging of a San Francisco man they say ran the online drug bazaar and black market known as Silk Road 2.0. In conjunction with the arrest, U.S. and European authorities have jointly seized control over the servers that hosted Silk Road 2.0 marketplace.
http://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sr20.pngThe home page of the Silk Road 2.0 market has been replaced with this message indicating the community’s Web servers were seized by authorities.
On Wednesday, agents with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security arrested 26-year-old Blake Benthall, a.k.a. “Defcon,” in San Francisco, charging him with drug trafficking, conspiracy to commit computer hacking, and money laundering, among other alleged crimes.
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Feds Arrest Alleged ‘Silk Road 2? Admin, Seize Servers
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In addition to the previous article and the sites which were taken down had the caption showing which is in the previous post.
By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter
"Silk Road 2.0 and 400 other sites operating on the Tor network - a part of the internet unreachable via traditional search engines - have been shut down.
The joint operation between 16 European countries and the US saw 17 arrests.
Tor is home to thousands of illegal marketplaces, trading in drugs, child abuse images as well as sites for extremist groups.
Experts believe the shutdown represents a breakthrough for fighting cybercrime.
Among those arrested was Blake Benthall, who is said to have been behind Silk Road 2.0, a marketplace for the buying and selling of illegal drugs.
The site launched in October last year after the original Silk Road site was shut down and its alleged owner arrested."
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By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter
"Silk Road 2.0 and 400 other sites operating on the Tor network - a part of the internet unreachable via traditional search engines - have been shut down.
The joint operation between 16 European countries and the US saw 17 arrests.
Tor is home to thousands of illegal marketplaces, trading in drugs, child abuse images as well as sites for extremist groups.
Experts believe the shutdown represents a breakthrough for fighting cybercrime.
Among those arrested was Blake Benthall, who is said to have been behind Silk Road 2.0, a marketplace for the buying and selling of illegal drugs.
The site launched in October last year after the original Silk Road site was shut down and its alleged owner arrested."
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The following article is a update:
Federal prosecutors used chat logs and private journals Wednesday to strengthen their case that Ross Ulbricht is Dread Pirate Roberts, the anonymous mastermind who ran the Silk Road online market.
Prosecutors introduced computer files in court that appear to show the laptop Ulbricht was using at the time of his arrest was also used to manage the Silk Road during 2011 and 2012. The files appeared to weaken Ulbricht's contention that he was not involved with the Silk Road during its heyday.
Ulbricht was arrested in October 2013, at a library in San Francisco, where he was performing administrative work on the Silk Road website using the Dread Pirate Roberts account used to manage its operations. Law enforcement officers took the site offline the next day.
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Prosecutors tighten case against alleged Silk Road mastermind.
By Joab JacksonFederal prosecutors used chat logs and private journals Wednesday to strengthen their case that Ross Ulbricht is Dread Pirate Roberts, the anonymous mastermind who ran the Silk Road online market.
Prosecutors introduced computer files in court that appear to show the laptop Ulbricht was using at the time of his arrest was also used to manage the Silk Road during 2011 and 2012. The files appeared to weaken Ulbricht's contention that he was not involved with the Silk Road during its heyday.
Ulbricht was arrested in October 2013, at a library in San Francisco, where he was performing administrative work on the Silk Road website using the Dread Pirate Roberts account used to manage its operations. Law enforcement officers took the site offline the next day.
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