FBI arrested Blake Benthall, also known as Defcon, for allegedly being kingpin of Silk Road 2.0. FBI seized domain and servers of online drug bazaar Silk Road last year. Site reportedly generating sales of at least about $8 million per month, with 150,000 active users. Silk Road is accessible exclusively via the Tor network, payments are made in Bitcoins to preserve anonymity and evade detection by the law. The Feds were in court in early October to deny claims from Ulbrichts lawyers that they had hacked their way into Silk Road without a warrant.”]
Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/11/07/alleged-operator-of-silk-road-2-0-busted-charged-in-nyc/

