Crime


Markets

BitcoinTalk forum hacked by 'The Hole Seekers'

Popular digital currency forum BitcoinTalk has been hacked by a group calling themselves "The Hole Seekers".

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Markets

Silk Road fell due to a catalogue of errors by owner Ross Ulbricht

Sloppy behaviour and neat detective work brought down Silk Road. Just how big was it, and what happens now?

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Silk Road shut down and 'owner' Ross William Ulbricht arrested

Silk Road owner Ross William Ulbricht has allegedly been arrested and his online black market shut down.

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Markets

Fighting the war on bitcoin, one scam at a time

With drug marketplace Atlantis closing, we take a look at the scams and potentially negative connotations of bitcoin.

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Markets

Anonymous iPhone hacking and bitcoin's three most important letters

As a consensus forms over the ISO code for bitcoin, John Law is perplexed by Apple's lack of wallets.

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Task force to tackle links between criminal and virtual economies

How strong are links between virtual economies and money laundering? A new task force hopes to find out.

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What should we do with stolen bitcoins?

If we can track stolen bitcoins, should we take them out of commission, or stop them being mined?

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Defcon hackers crack physical bitcoin Casascius coins

The Casascius coin was shown to be vulnerable to physical attack at this year's Defcon conference.

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Policy

SEC charges Texas man for defrauding investors in bitcoin Ponzi scheme

The SEC has charged Trendon Shavers with defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme known as Bitcoin Savings and Trust.

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Markets

Man charged after demanding bitcoin for Mitt Romney tax returns

A man from Tennessee has been indicted for attempting to extort $1 million in bitcoin by claiming that he had undeclared tax records of Mitt Romney.

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