SR2 Hired A Fed. Wow.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/11/feds-claim-silkroad-2-0-taken-down-by-social-engineering-coup/

I don't even


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[7 Points] gwern:

Yeah. We heard. It's all over the subreddit.


[2 Points] Theeconomist1:

Same thing happened in the book Kingpin. A fed UC basically became an admin, funneled everyone through a honeypot VPN and 80 or so carders swept up.

So does that mean this UC was involved in SR1??? To be involved that early on and to have that amount of trust you'd have to think right? I assume Benthall was involved with SR1 in some way? If that's the case, shit, the feds are really in it for the long game. No market is at all safe from themselves. That's the worst part of it. Its not even some obscure technical issue that tripped them up, its themfuckingselves. If these fucking market admins hire feds, not much else to say.

I guess that person who supposedly doxxed Defcon the other day was wrong. LOL. Of course he claimed that grams was defcon was some random dude in Dallas plus a bunch of other people.


[1 Points] None:

Defcon = irresponsible idiot A fucking pussy!!, informant, stool pigeon, who's is snitching on all the big time vendors just to save his arse, i wouldn't be surprised if he is right now listing everything and all the inner workings of sr2 to LE

DPR1= honest guy kept his mouth shut and isn't saying anything, knows the code of honor and won't talk, which is why feds will most likely aim for life