The activities were partially funded through bitcoin and occurred through the so called «dark web,» which is a distributed network where many online black market services are provided. (bitcoinist.com)
In hindsight, Faux argued, bitcoin seems to have been intrinsically designed to encourage speculation, noting how the market has routinely seen wild fluctuations in value in connection to events such as the closures of online black market Silk Road and early bitcoin exchange Mt Gox. (coindesk.com)
Global identity protection firm CSID has detected an uptick in online black market interest for stolen login IDs and passwords. (creditcards.com)