How Dread Pirate Roberts got caught

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by enscr • 13 years ago

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enscr2• 13 years ago

The complaint [PDF] : http://www1.icsi.berkeley.edu/~nweaver/UlbrichtCriminalCompl...

pessimizer• 13 years ago

it’s clear this guy was an amateur for someone running the largest drug dealing website in the world.

That's a bit obnoxious to say about someone who seems to have only slipped up once, during development, by linking his real name to that "altoids" handle. In what way is that amateur?

3327• 13 years ago

agree. Its easy to label "amateur" when he is caught. The guy ran the largest internet drug ring in history grossing 80mn in sales. Everyone slips up.

adamnemecek• 13 years ago

Honestly, that was kind of a rookie mistake.

badman_ting• 13 years ago

No, I agree with the analysis. He also came across as very confident in interviews, and these are very basic mistakes that he made. Sad to see, I was rooting for him.

Pxtl• 13 years ago

I assume the first one, the slip-up with the Altoids username, was what tipped them off and allowed them to gather all the other evidence. Without that they'd have known he used a coffee shop in San Francisco and maybe they could have caught him there, but that's it.

The internet never forgets.

enscr2• 13 years ago

The internet never forgets

& never forgives...

jnazario• 13 years ago

a reminder of this presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/grugq/opsec-for-hackers

DPR made a few of these mistakes, it seems. also remember, "pigs get fed but hogs get slaughtered." 80mn (allegedly) in sales is a hog.

How Dread Pirate Roberts got caught

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