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FBI Uses the Sort of "Illegal Digital Goods" Sold on Silk Road, Which it Recently Shut Down

Founder of the site has been arrested

Reason Staff | 10.3.2013 7:30 AM

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One of many reasons cited in the FBI's indictment of online black market Silk Road was the sale of "illegal goods and services" related to hacking.

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