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The FBI is using captured TorMail emails in criminal investigations

If you ever used TorMail, the FBI is making its way through your inbox. 

On Jan 27, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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The final confessions of a Silk Road kingpin

"I'm guilty," Steven Sadler, better known on the Deep Web as Nod, admitted in our first conversation, several weeks after he was let out on bond.

On Jan 22, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Streaming child abuse operation shut down in Philippines

Destitute parents made money on their children's webcast suffering. 

On Jan 16, 2014 by Miles Klee

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U.S. authorities want to extradite the man they believe to be Silk Road’s Libertas

Charges of narcotics distribution and money laundering await in American courts.

On Jan 14, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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This 15-year-old kid ran a Deep Web black market from his high school

Kids these days.

On Jan 10, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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The year the Deep Web went mainstream

The meteoric rise and ultimate fall of Silk Road cast a new light on the role of technology in the war on drugs.

On Jan 1, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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How many people got high thanks to Silk Road?

The number may surprise you.

On Dec 27, 2013 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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As Silk Road 2.0 struggles, new black markets look beyond Tor

A new group believes there’s a different path to take toward black-market nirvana.

On Dec 26, 2013 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Behind ‘Deep Web’: Alex Winter’s excellent Bitcoin adventure

Winter, who starred in the popular Bill and Ted franchise and made a successful documentary about Napster, takes on the Deep Web in a new film.

On Dec 20, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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4 arrested in Silk Road meth ring bust, alleged leader faces life in prison

Hammertime sold some of the best-reviewed methamphetamines on the Deep Web.

On Dec 19, 2013 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Inside the bustling, dicey world of Bitcoin gambling

Just in case Bitcoin investing isn't risky enough for you. 

On Dec 17, 2013 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Cyberwar in the Deep Web as Silk Road clones vie for supremacy

More than a dozen black markets are competing in an industry so lucrative that few will give up without a fight.

On Dec 16, 2013 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Ireland elects not to try one of the Deep Web’s most wanted

Ireland won't try alleged Freedom Hosting owner Eric Marques. He faces extradition to the U.S.

On Dec 10, 2013 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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How an undercover agent brought down a $50 million cybercrime ring

Working for the Secret Service, agent Michael Adams infiltrated a global identity theft operation.

On Dec 4, 2013 by Miles Klee

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How the DEA tracked this doctor from the Silk Road to her front door

Oliva Bolles was a virtual mastermind. But she left some real-world footprints.

On Nov 28, 2013 by Aja Romano