Saturday, August 27, 2016

U.S. Government: Ransomware Attacks Have Quadrupled This Year

Glen Park Library where Ross Ulbricht aka Dread Pirate Robert arrested on October 1 allegedly for running the Silk Road website
bitcoin
Image by Steve Rhodes

17 of these photos are available at


www.demotix.com/news/2857114/dread-pirate-robert-arrested…


And 6 at Corbis including


www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/42-519452…


He was arrested October 1, 2013


www.theverge.com/2013/10/2/4794780/fbi-seizes-underground…


(has links to the criminal complaints which I used to find most of the places to photograph and a video interview of Ross Ulbricht )


www.theverge.com/2013/10/3/4798336/silk-road-owner-charge…


www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-silk-road-bitcoin-20131003…


Apparently one of his roommates on 15th st


www.theverge.com/2013/10/3/4798666/purported-roommate-of-…


www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/10/03/228579712/…


www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/silk-road-case-dont-blame-t…


www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/10/02/how…


www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/10/03/eve…


#GlenParkLibrary #RossUlbricht #DreadPirateRobert #sfpl #sanfrancisco #cybercrime #DarkWeb #darkinternet #SilkRoadwebsite #GlenPark #Library


Ransomware attacks have quadrupled this year over last year, averaging 4,000 per day, according to the U.S. Justice Department, The Wall Street Journal reported in a front-page story recently. This is because ransomware has become easier to deploy and more profitable than other scams, and bitcoin is more widely used.   The FBI noted ransomware costs […]


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