[2014-10-07] Toi: US shuts down Silk Road 2.0 website

[polynesia]

US shuts down Silk Road 2.0 website

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/US-shuts-down-Silk-Road-2-0-website/articleshow/45067045.cms

US authorities said that they have shut down the successor website to Silk Road, an underground online drug marketplace, and charged its alleged operator with conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, computer hacking, money laundering and other crimes.

[polynesia]

'Dark web' challenges law enforcement

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Dark-web-challenges-law-enforcement/articleshow/45078882.cms

On Thursday, the US Department of Justice charged a 26-year-old San Francisco man with operating Silk Road 2.0, an anonymous website that authorities say rang up $8 million in monthly drug sales.

On Friday, an underground website calling itself Silk Road 3.0 Reloaded claimed to be open for business on the TOR network, which is linked globally through special browsers that encrypt internet traffic.