Silk Road 2 Reportedly Hacked, Bitcoins Stolen
Silk Road 2 - the follow-up dark web marketplace that took the place of the now-infamous Silk Road run by Dread Pirate Roberts - has reportedly been hacked. The news was first reported by DeepDotWeb. The news was delivered by 'Defcon' on the Silk Road 2 forums (TOR link): I am sweating as I write this. Christmas brought grave news. I cannot adequately express how deeply honored I was by your unconditional support of my staff. I do not expect the same reaction to today's revelations. This movement is built on integrity, and I feel obligated to be forthright with you. I held myself to a high....
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A few days ago here at CCN we reported that Bitcoin's black mark Silk Road 2.0 had been hacked. Defcon, in a long post to Silk Road 2.0 forums on Tor, explained that three attackers had used the transaction malleability bug to steal over 4,763 BTC directly from Silk Road's hot wallet. Original estimates still haven't been confirmed but Defcon himself reports that 47% of all users had lost all of their funds. As always, I must warn readers that the majority of things on the Deepweb are not in any way shape or form trustworthy. It is my, and the good Government's advice, to stay away from....
Editor's Note: The transactions revealed by Defcon only show a total of 4474.26 BTC stolen from presumably only escrow accounts. This sum comes from transactions by attacker 1 only, and do not include the "contributions" of attackers 2 and 3. The previous incorrect estimate of "over 88,000 BTC" came from user estimates of all funds previously on Silk Road 2.0's wallets, or all funds in the wallets of the suspected attackers. Varying reports of the total amount stolen from Silk Road 2.0 stem from inherent vagueness in Defcon's words. The only concrete estimate, taken from Blockchain data....
The FBI is not bidding on stolen National Security Agency (NSA) source code with bitcoins seized from Silk Road, contrary to a widely reported allegation. That’s according to security experts interviewed by The Hill. The allegation emerged when a bitcoin user sent money to both an NSA source code account and the seized bitcoin account, but no money changed between the accounts, according to experts. NSA Source Code Hacked. Last week, a group called the Shadow Brokers claimed to have hacked NSA source code and offered to sell hacked source code in exchange for the most generous financial....
Back in October many of the trolls and ents of Reddit muttered and mumbled to themselves about joining together in a class action lawsuit to claim pieces of the 29000 Bitcoins seized by the FBI on October 2nd, 2013. The 29,000 Bitcoins taken from Silk Road servers on that day belonged to the international motley crew of buyers and sellers on Silk Road. Many of those Bitcoins were tied up in escrow in ongoing deals, or simply sitting in the accounts of buyers and sellers waiting for withdrawal or use. Nothing came of all the hubbub raised by Silk Road users about their Bitcoins being swept....
The ex-Secret Service agent convicted of stealing bitcoin during Silk Road investigation may haves stolen another $700,000 in bitcoin from the Secret Service. It has been over a year since the news about the involvement of two law enforcement agents from the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and US Secret Service in the theft of bitcoin belonging to Silk Road hit the stands. Shaun Bridges, the convicted ex-Secret Service agent is again in the news for allegedly stealing $700,000 worth of bitcoin after he pled guilty the first time. Shaun Bridges is currently serving a six-year sentence....