FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests owner

Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by piratebroadcast on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @12:09PM (#6483313)

Heres the complaint- Notable that, on page 30, it seems the fBI was able to partially deduce his identity based in part by his stack overflow questions. http://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Ulbric...

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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by aqme28 on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @12:30PM (#6483479)

Here's the relevant question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15445285/how-can-i-connec...

It doesn't seem like it's how they caught him, but it's some circumstantial evidence towards his guilt. He changed his username from his real name to "frosty" at some point.

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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by nattaggart on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @12:43PM (#6483583)

Yeah really interesting.

My takeaways:

When operating an underground network 1) don't post to SO questions regarding Tor 2) keep distinct login names for everything

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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by GuiA on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @01:49PM (#6484026)

3) Don't live in the US

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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by jessaustin on Thursday October 03, 2013 @10:03PM (#6493328)

keep distinct login names for everything

It's probably best to keep distinct OS containers for everything. Don't trust the browser at all.

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