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Security nightmare continues for cyryptocurrencies as another site goes down

‟If MtGox and CoinEx can both disappear in an instant then so can every other exchange.”

On Mar 19, 2014 by Aaron Sankin

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Guy who bought 2,700 tabs of ‘LSD substitute’ on Silk Road faces 25 years in prison

That's a lot of LSD.

On Mar 12, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Deep Web hub hacked and shut down over child porn links

The Hidden Wiki is gone.

On Mar 12, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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How a small Pennsylvania company became the chink in Silk Road’s armor

Recently unsealed FBI warrant sheds new light on the investigation that brought down the Web's most notorious black market.

On Mar 6, 2014 by Tim Sampson

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’12 Years a Slave’ won Best Picture—and now everyone’s pirating it

Success has its price.

On Mar 4, 2014 by Miles Klee

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I made my own Deep Web black market, and it took just 60 seconds

Bringing in millions of dollars and warding off the cops, however, is still very much up to you.

On Mar 4, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Beta testing for Tor’s anonymous mobile OS begins this spring

Here are all the details on Tor's new mobile OS.

On Mar 3, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Tor is building an anonymous instant messenger

Forget the $16 billion romance between Facebook and WhatsApp. There’s a new messaging tool worth watching.

On Feb 26, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Dutch ecstasy is Silk Road’s most popular drug

"Superman Xtc" sells for $9 a pill.

On Feb 17, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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5 arrested in connection to prominent Deep Web black markets

Alleged administrators of the black market site Utopia were arrested in Germany and the Netherlands.

On Feb 13, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Shut out of Utopia: Deep Web’s newest black market seized by police

The site's front page has been replaced with a seizure notice from Dutch police.

On Feb 11, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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DARPA wants to hunt down human traffickers using the Deep Web

The DARPA program would be called “Memex,” a nod to a 1945 Atlantic article that imagines a world in which computers can read minds. 

On Feb 7, 2014 by Brendan O'Connor

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In search of Utopia in the Deep Web

Since the fall of Silk Road, there's been no rest on the Deep Web, but new marketplaces could signal a new era for cybercrime. 

On Feb 7, 2014 by Carola Frediani

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Silk Road and the gentrification of cybercrime

Crime, today, is less about busting kneecaps and more about phishing scams and email viruses.

On Feb 6, 2014 by Nicholas White

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Silk Road vendor raises thousands in Bitcoin to wage legal battle

Not everything sold on Silk Road was illegal.

On Feb 1, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill