Re: [tor-talk] Silk Road taken down by FBI

[Ahmed Hassan <ahmed@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One question is still remain unanswered. How did they locate Silkroad
server before locating him?

They had full image of the server before his arrest.


On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 1:26 PM, shadowOps07 <shadow.unit.x@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> No, it was a rookie fuck-up that enabled old-fashioned detective work. if
> it wasn't a fookie fuck-up, then none of this would have happened.
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Gordon Morehouse <gordon@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
>
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> > Jonathan D. Proulx:
> > > 2) Traditional police work still works - this should be good news
> > > to the law and order folks that traditional methods still work and
> > > no extensive digital survailance state is needed.
> > >
> > > Note I'm only anecdotally familiar with Silk Road so no personal
> > > opinion on wether he should be praised or flogged, I do think in a
> > >  "dear legislator please don't ban privacy" kindof way point 2 is
> > > important.
> >
> > A trillion times, this.
> >
> > I knew Silk Road would very likely get busted by good old fashioned
> > police work.  It was too big to not leave trails that smart, patient,
> > Bill-of-Rights-respecting (though that remains to be seen) cops can
> > pick up.
> >
> > Best,
> > - -Gordon M.
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