Europol Names Privacy Wallets, Coins, Open Marketplaces as ‘Top Threats’ in I...
Monero, Samurai, Wasabi, OpenBazaar cited as threats in Europol report.
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Europol has revealed the arrests of members of a darknet-based counterfeit currency racket who received over €160,000 in Bitcoin (approx. $172,000). In an announcement, today, Europol, the European Union’s primary law enforcement agency, revealed details of an investigation of a criminal group touted to “one of the biggest vendors of counterfeit euro currency online.” The vendor was active in different marketplaces, Europol added, with accomplices in the Naples area, in Italy. The investigation revealed that the vendor was selling counterfeit 20, 50 and 100 euro notes on the Darknet for....
The European Union's top law enforcement agency, Europol, is seeking an intern with the skills to trace bitcoin transactions, according to a job posting on its website. The posting seeks applicants for the 'Open Sources Collection and Analysis' project which will support Europol's Cyber Intelligence Team. Applicants should have skills in analysing bitcoin transactions and an interest in blockchain technologies in general. Among the technical skills that the role requires are: "[An] elementary understanding of tracing and attribution of bitcoin transactions and proven interest in blockchain....