A global crackdown has shut down dozens of online "dark markets" selling illegal goods and services and masking their identities using the Tor encryption network, officials said Friday.
Internet
Nov 7, 2014
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There is a dark side to the Internet, and it can be used for evil as well as for good.
Internet
Oct 3, 2013
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The accused mastermind of the online black market website Silk Road, arrested this week, has been charged in a murder-for-hire plot, court documents show.
Internet
Oct 3, 2013
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The Obama administration is joining with private companies in a partnership aimed at training enforcement officials about the virtual currency Bitcoin and fighting crime arising from its use.
Internet
Oct 22, 2015
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In a makeshift office - a living room crowded with desks, monitors and a beanbag chair - programmers are hacking away on computers, aiming to make their mark on the multibillion-dollar financial services industry.
Business
Jul 10, 2014
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Bitcoin supporters told a US Senate hearing the virtual currency unit should not be viewed negatively by authorities despite its links to crime.
Internet
Nov 19, 2013
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Several sensational scandals in the United States and abroad have increased U.S. and foreign governments' scrutiny of bitcoin, an expanding digital currency that critics say is ripe for criminal abuse.
Internet
Jan 14, 2015
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A US judge on Wednesday ordered the accused mastermind of the nefarious online black market Silk Road sent to New York to stand trial.
Other
Oct 9, 2013
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Prosecutors on Friday told a federal judge that the mastermind of the nefarious online bazaar Silk Road is too dangerous to be freed on bail.
Internet
Oct 4, 2013
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A former federal agent pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing Bitcoins while working undercover on a US government investigation of Silk Road, and to soliciting payment from the online black market's operator.
Internet
Jul 1, 2015
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