11-06-2014, 05:21 PM
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Raise Your Weapon
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Silk Road 2.0 Founder Arrested
Ok so now another one bites the dust...
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The FBI and Europol have conducted a joint operation to take down the internet?s thriving ?deep web? drug marketplaces.
The official FBI New York Twitter account just confirmed the seizure of Silk Road 2.0, saying that the site?s alleged operator, Blake Benthall, was arrested in San Francisco on Wednesday. He now potentially faces life in prison, the FBI says.
Benthall appears to be an employee of SpaceX, Elon Musk?s private rocket company. We?ve asked SpaceX for comment and will update this story when we hear back.
There are also reports that police have arrested a major online drug dealer in Ireland, as part of what is being called Operation Onymous.
Silk Road 2.0 was taken offline exactly one year after it went live on Nov. 6, 2013. Visitors to the deep web drug marketplace have been met with an official police notice informing them of the site?s seizure.
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more here
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/fb...rests-2014-11/ |
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