Silk Road shut down and 'owner' Ross William Ulbricht arrested
Silk Road owner Ross William Ulbricht has allegedly been arrested and his online black market shut down.
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Oct 2, 2013 at 4:16 p.m. UTC
Oct 2, 2013
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Fighting the war on bitcoin, one scam at a time
With drug marketplace Atlantis closing, we take a look at the scams and potentially negative connotations of bitcoin.
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Sep 29, 2013 at 11:52 a.m. UTC
Sep 29, 2013
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Anonymous iPhone hacking and bitcoin's three most important letters
As a consensus forms over the ISO code for bitcoin, John Law is perplexed by Apple's lack of wallets.
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Sep 20, 2013 at 4:32 p.m. UTC
Sep 20, 2013
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Task force to tackle links between criminal and virtual economies
How strong are links between virtual economies and money laundering? A new task force hopes to find out.
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Sep 12, 2013 at 9:46 a.m. UTC
Sep 12, 2013
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What should we do with stolen bitcoins?
If we can track stolen bitcoins, should we take them out of commission, or stop them being mined?
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Sep 3, 2013 at 4:15 p.m. UTC
Sep 3, 2013
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Defcon hackers crack physical bitcoin Casascius coins
The Casascius coin was shown to be vulnerable to physical attack at this year's Defcon conference.
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Aug 13, 2013 at 10:53 a.m. UTC
Aug 13, 2013
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SEC charges Texas man for defrauding investors in bitcoin Ponzi scheme
The SEC has charged Trendon Shavers with defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme known as Bitcoin Savings and Trust.
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Jul 23, 2013 at 9:28 p.m. UTC
Jul 23, 2013
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Man charged after demanding bitcoin for Mitt Romney tax returns
A man from Tennessee has been indicted for attempting to extort $1 million in bitcoin by claiming that he had undeclared tax records of Mitt Romney.
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Jun 28, 2013 at 10:19 a.m. UTC
Jun 28, 2013
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Bitcoin-accepting Atlantis takes on the Silk Road
Bitcoin-accepting Atlantis is poised to take on the Silk Road, which remains by far the biggest drug sales site.
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Jun 27, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 27, 2013
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Could hackers turn your TV into a zombie bitcoin miner?
Experts say that your Smart TV could be hacked and made to mine bitcoins. So could your PC's browser, for that matter. But how efficient would they be?
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Jun 17, 2013 at 8:13 a.m. UTC
Jun 17, 2013