Andy Greenberg (https://twitter.com/a_greenberg) brings us a gut wrenching story of how criminal investigators used bitcoin tracing techniques to try to find out who was at the center of a child sexual abuse darkweb website.
This story is part of Andy’s new book “Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency”. An affiliate link to the book on Amazon is here: https://amzn.to/3VkjSh7.
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Ep 26: IRS
Ep 25: Alberto
Ep 24: Operation Bayonet
Ep 23: Vladimir Levin
Ep 22: Mini-Stories: Vol 1
Ep 21: Black Duck Eggs
Ep 20: mobman
Ep 19: Operation Aurora
Ep 18: Jackpot
Ep 17: Finn
Ep 16: Eijah
Ep 15: Ill Tills
Ep 14: #OpJustina
Ep 13: Carna Botnet
Ep 12: Crypto Wars
Ep 11: Strictly Confidential
Ep 10: Misadventures of a Nation State Actor
Ep 9: The Rise and Fall of Mt. Gox
Ep 8: Manfred (Part 2)
Ep 7: Manfred (Part 1)
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