Blake Benthall
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- Not to be confused with Ross Ulbricht, who was also called "Dread Pirate Roberts".
Blake Benthall (also known by his online alias Defcon) was the creator of Silk Road 2.0,[1] which launched shortly after the closure of Silk Road.[2][3] In November 2014, he was arrested under Operation Onymous, and Silk Road 2.0 was shut down.[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ Robert McMillan (10 November 2014). "Alleged Silk Road 2 Mastermind Worked for Ex-Googler's Secret Startup". Wired. http://www.wired.com/2014/11/alleged-silk-road-2-mastermind-worked-ex-googlers-secret-startup/. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ↑ James Cook (7 November 2014). "There's Already A Silk Road 3.0". UK Business Insider. http://uk.businessinsider.com/theres-already-a-silk-road-30-2014-11?r=US. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ↑ Price, Rob (11 November 2014). "The inside story of Blake Benthall, alleged Silk Road 2.0 kingpin". http://www.dailydot.com/crime/blake-benthall-silk-road-2-friends-coworkers-christian-bitcoin/. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ↑ Price, Rob (7 November 2014). "We spoke to the shady opportunist behind Silk Road 3.0". http://www.dailydot.com/politics/silk-road-3-blake-benthall/. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ↑ Greenberg, Andy. "'Operation Onymous' Arrests 17, Seizes Hundreds Of Dark Web Domains". Wired.
- ↑ Andy Greenberg. "Not Just Silk Road 2: Feds Seize Two Other Drug Markets and Counting". Wired.