October 3rd Cybersecurity Update – Silk Road Takedown

The FBI has arrested an alleged hacker and online purveyor of illicit goods. Ross Ulbricht was the owner and operator of Silk Road, an underground website officials say generated nearly 1 point 2 billion in sales. Computerworld reports, law enforcement also seized 26 thousand Bitcoins. Ulbricht was arrested in San Francisco and was to be arraigned yesterday. His site was taken down last month. It listed 13 thousand controlled substances. Plus a trove of hacker tools including key loggers, banking Trojans, and remote access tools. Silk Road also connected gun and ammunition buyers and sellers. It offered fake passports and Social Security cards.

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