The incredibly simple story of how the gov't Googled Ross Ulbricht

Pretty good article. I'm surprised it took the feds so long to learn his identity and surprised no one in this community caught the error.

Here is the article http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/01/the-incredibly-simple-story-of-how-the-govt-googled-ross-ulbricht/

And here is Ross' fuck up. He posted his real name bitcoin talk forums


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[55 Points] AgoraMarket:

I'm surprised it took the feds so long to learn his identity

His undoing was a plain old Google search, which lead to a posting history where he had his real name, in plain text for all to see, in an email address. And it still took the "best of the best" 2½ years to identify him.

Meanwhile, in other threads, people are worrying about being found out because they didn't tumble their coins.

No further comment. :-\


[18 Points] ahduwhdhh2j2j2:

You all realize that with 5 minutes of armchair detective work any one of us could have blackmailed him for millions and possibly convinced him to walk away from this with his freedom intact.


[4 Points] alfabi:

Looks like dpr had something called dead-switch hosted in france server. New evidence https://www.scribd.com/mobile/doc/253456483


[3 Points] sharpshooter789:

Can anyone look up the date when the feds located the servers? I would but I'm going to bed. I'm curious since the IRS discovered Ross's identity in June and I was wondering if they found the server before they identified him.

edit: another article from WSJ


[2 Points] ZeroH0ur:

His post said "venture backed." Who is the man behind the curtain?


[1 Points] InfintatleyGay3:

FreeRoss


[1 Points] ThaGreatest1:

This honestly isn't shocking. Just thought that Ross would be a little smarter. This reminds me of this one vendor I searched on Google for reviews and ended up finding him posting abt trimming weed and shit like that, using his vendor name.


[0 Points] pinkpanther227:

What a n00b