Kults Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Thought some of you might dig this. Just starting it myself The Dark Side Of The Silk Road Quote The silk road has a lot of history as a marketplace but very few people know the full story. In today's deep dive we will take a look into the untold side of the silk road: Quote Silk Road was an online black market and the first modern darknet market, best known as a platform for selling illegal drugs. As part of the dark web,it was operated as a Tor hidden service, such that online users were able to browse it anonymously and securely without potential traffic monitoring. The website was launched in February 2011; development had begun six months prior. Initially there were a limited number of new seller accounts available; new sellers had to purchase an account in an auction. Later, a fixed fee was charged for each new seller account. In October 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shut down the website and arrested Ross Ulbricht under charges of being the site's pseudonymous founder "Dread Pirate Roberts". On 6 November 2013, Silk Road 2.0 came online, run by former administrators of Silk Road. It was also shut down, and the alleged operator was arrested on 6 November 2014 as part of the so-called "Operation Onymous". Ulbricht was convicted of eight charges related to Silk Road in the U.S. Federal Court in Manhattan and was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimer Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 This looks good, will check it out tonight I think 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hua Guofang Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 @Kultsthat was the perfect listen whilst laying in bed feeling like shit, thanks. One hell of a scam, though, eh? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kults Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 47 minutes ago, Hua Guofang said: @Kultsthat was the perfect listen whilst laying in bed feeling like shit, thanks. One hell of a scam, though, eh? Unreal. Worth 60M today can you imagine..for a few DMs! I'd heard the story of how they caught him and all but never this part of it. At the end there he's calling hits like it's nothing 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hua Guofang Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 I often find it interesting too that the technical side of these issues, such as hacking, installing key loggers, digital espionage, etc. are such a minor part of it all. The real plays are good old social engineering, such as a fight between girlfriend and boyfriend, selling a story to some one who wants it to be true, playing roles and convincing people of things. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kults Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Ya good point. For all his tech savvy he couldn't see that master stroke in social engineering coming. Im still processing it all tbh. The timing on all of it must have been spot on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hua Guofang Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 I've listened to it a few times and some others like Malicious Life and others I can't think of right now. Great listens. Thanks for the heads up either way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengar Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Apology for the reply to the old thread, that's an interesting video. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Still can’t believe this dude got locked up like he did…. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndv Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Kinda makes me think there was something bigger going on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 On 7/22/2021 at 9:08 PM, ndv said: Kinda makes me think there was something bigger going on. Justice system is the most comical fuck all bunch of ass backwards bullshit…… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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