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So The Dread Pirate Roberts == Ross Ulbricht? Was just a matter of time. I'd be interested in knowing how they traced him, considering how overtly cautious he
by acron0 13y ago
So The Dread Pirate Roberts == Ross Ulbricht?
Was just a matter of time. I'd be interested in knowing how they traced him, considering how overtly cautious he was known to be.
- locofacetwice 13y agoI bet it had something to do with U.S. gov "helping" TOR network couple of months ago.
- bpicolo 13y agoNot cautious enough to not be in the US
- sneak 13y agoLeaving the US is not sufficient. Snowden had to institute the help of one of the largest countries on Earth not to get taken. Also, leaving friends/family/network in the US behind is very, very difficult.
- MichaelGG 13y agoThe criminal complaint says that he used the same username to publicize the site as well as on Bitcoin forums, where he listed his Gmail account and asked for help. From there, there's a whole lot of coincidences. They also got an image of his server, but no details on how they found the server are given. The complaint notes that another user warned him "an external IP is leaking", so the FBI might have found a weakness in his PHP setup. All it'd take is one command on the server...
- bitwize 13y agoThe thing about the Dread Pirate Roberts is, it's the name that inspires the necessary fear. So he probably has a successor and/or is a decoy.
- Havoc 13y agoHe did mention somewhere that he is not the first.