Here's How a Dark Market Bot Sent Ecstasy to an Art Gallery
Yellow Twitter pills delivered to the Random Darknet Shopper installation. Source: Mediengruppe Bitnik. Last week, a padded envelope was delivered to the Kunst Halle St Gallen, a contemporary art gallery in St Gallen, the city known as the gateway to the Swiss Alps. The envelope contained a DVD case, which held a vacuum-sealed aluminium foil packet. Inside the packet was a transparent plastic pouch containing 10 yellow tablets stamped with the Twitter logo, a fluttering bird. The tablets were 'Yellow Twitter' ecstasy pills purportedly made of pure MDMA, the acronym for the compound's....
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The string of dark web gangs being cracked down by law enforcement is still alive across the world. Recently, the British authorities dismantled an unnamed dark web band known for selling ecstasy and gathering millions of dollars worth of crypto. Gang Sold Ecstasy, Amphetamine, and Diazepam in Several Darknet Forums According to The Independent, the National Crime Agency (NCA) deployed an operation that targeted several houses in North East England, specifically in the metropolitan borough of South Tyneside. Authorities were concerned and raised red flags last year after intercepting large....
An automated shopping bot designed to make purchases on dark web marketplaces using bitcoin has been released after it was confiscated months ago. The Random Darknet Shopper made headlines last fall after it purchased, among other items, a supply of ecstasy pills from the dark web marketplace Agora. The bot, as well as the items it purchased, was displayed during an exhibition at the Kunst Halle St Gallen art gallery in St. Gallen, Switzerland. According to a 15th January blog post, the bot was confiscated by the St Gallen public prosecutor's office, which reportedly cited safety concerns.....
Last year, a Swiss art group called Mediengruppe Bitnik created a robot to shop on Agora, which is currently the largest Darknet market. They gave the bot $100 per week in bitcoins and programmed it to randomly buy items. It bought a wide variety of things, which were delivered to the group's gallery in Switzerland, adding to the exhibit. The exhibition gained more and more publicity until the local media reported that there was ecstasy in the exhibit, at which point, in January, Swiss authorities appeared and abducted the robot into police custody. Also read: Swiss Banking Giant to Open....
The investigative department of the tax authorities FIOD stormed into 15 location in the Netherlands to arrest 10 suspects in a fully launched investigation to shut down criminals using Bitcoin to purchase illicit goods over the Dark Web. The FIOD raided addresses in Rotterdam, Zoetermeer, Almere, Dordrecht, Zaandijk, Schiedam, s-Gravenhage and Putten. The authorities already processed the seizure of luxury items including expensive cars, cash, bank accounts and raw materials utilized to manufacture and distribute ecstasy. According to the statement of the prosecutor, an increasing number....
A man from Brockton, Massachusetts was sentenced to eight years in prison and forced to forfeit 59 bitcoin worth $2.3 million, after he was caught selling Xanax, ecstasy, and ketamine on the deep web. Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins stressed during the announcement that the government has entered the cyber world, and she insists they will “find you and you will be held accountable.”
Brockton Man Forfeits 59 Bitcoin After a Sting Operation in Norwood
A report stemming from the Boston Herald explains that Massachusetts law enforcement has dealt with a....