Phishing Scam Targets US Marshals Service Bitcoin Auction List
Individuals on the recipients list of the leaked US Marshals Service email to Silk Road auction enquirers are being targeted in a phishing attack, and at least one individual has fallen for the scam. The Wall Street Journal confirmed that several individuals on the list received phishing emails from the same source. However, not all the individuals on the leaked email recipients list were targeted. The unfortunate victim of the attack was Sam Lee of bitcoin arbitrage fund Bitcoins Reserve, which lost 100 BTC as a result. The funds were sent by the firm's chief technology officer, Jim Chen,....
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The much awaited bitcoin auction by the United States Marshals Service is finally over. The US Marshals Service, in possession of confiscated bitcoins from the Silk Road investigation auctioned the last of them earlier on Thursday. Thursday's auction had about 44,341 bitcoins worth $17.21 million out for bidding by those who had earlier registered with the US Marshals Service. According to reports, the online auction saw 11 bidders bidding 30 times over a span of six hours. Completion of the latest auction signifies liquidation of all the bitcoins seized from the wallets belonging to Silk....
"Oops!" is the word the probably most accurately describes the mistake made by the U. S. Marshals Service (USMS) when it comes to the auctioning of nearly $18 million worth of bitcoins seized from Silk Road servers last year. Background: U. S. Marshals Service Poised to Auction Off Silk Road Bitcoins. In an email to bidders that attempted to highlight some changes to the auction's 'frequently asked questions' section, the Service included all recipients in the CC field as opposed to the BCC field, making all send-to addresses visible to recipients. Shortly thereafter, the USMS issued a....
Updated with comment from Lynzey Donahue, a U. S. Marshals spokeswoman. UPDATE (18th June 21:30 BST): Yelp's Luther Lowe contacted CoinDesk to clarify that he contacted the USMS regarding its auction of Silk Road bitcoins as a private investor, and not on behalf of the e-commerce company. A list of individuals interested in the auction of the 30,000 bitcoins confiscated from the now-defunct Silk Road black marketplace has been leaked via email by the US Marshals Service (USMS), the US government agency confirmed. In a statement to CoinDesk, Lynzey Donahue, a US Marshals spokeswoman,....
With news that the United States Marshals Service is planning to auction off about 30,000 bitcoins later this week (seized from the Silk Road illicit marketplace in 2013), big names are looking for some way to get involved. One such name happens to be Bitcoin Shop, Inc., an online retail store that sells a variety of products that can be purchased using the bitcoin digital currency. The company said on Monday that they have submitted registration with the United States Marshals Service in direct relation with the bitcoin auction. It's the prerequisite to the actual bidding process, which....
More than 40 hours after the close of the US Marshals Bitcoin auction, the value of 1 BTC against the US dollar has held almost perfectly stable. At the start of Friday’s auction at 6:00 AM EDT, 1 BTC was worth US$590 according to our price tracker. As of 2:00 PM EDT, 1 BTC was worth US$596. Some feared that the auction of more than US$17 million worth of bitcoins would cause a panic sell and possibly send the value of the cryptocurrency tumbling. Instead, a slight uptick was the result. The auction Friday was held by the US Marshals Service, which held about 30,000 bitcoins as a result of....