In September of 2012 James Zhong used a hack to steal approximately 50,000 bitcoin from the dark web’s Silk Road. Yesterday the US Attorney announced that just last year they had arrested Zhong and recovered almost all of the stolen bitcoin. Here’s the amazing bit: On November 9, 2021, pursuant to a judicially authorized premises […]

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