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Another Bitcoin robbery: Evolution drug market closes, taking $11.7 million

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At this point, people who use Bitcoin have to know that their money could simply disappear at any moment, right?

The latest example is Evolution, the largest black market website left standing after the Silk Road was taken down by authorities on multiple occasions, whose owners appear to have shut down the service and run off with more than $ 11.7 million in Bitcoin, Ars Technica reported yesterday.

Former users of the Evolution marketplace are pointing at a Bitcoin wallet that was active earlier this week and holds more than 43,000 Bitcoins, according to Reddit posts quoted at Ars Technica.

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Network World Colin Neagle

Man arrested on drug charges after butt-dialing 911 … and this happens a lot

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A Tennessee man is facing minor criminal charges after his butt-dialing 911 allowed police to overhear a restaurant conversation in which he allegedly discussed visiting a drug dealer.

And before you say something like “no way” or “get out” or whatever, please be advised that butt-dialing 911 leads to police overhearing stuff that gets people arrested all the time. Or so say the police and Google.

In Tennessee last Friday, the bummed-out butt-dialer was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, according to a TV news report. “Officers told News 2 the suspect had no idea he accidentally called 911 until they told him.”

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Network World Paul McNamara

Organised drug gangs increasingly hooking up with hackers, warns Europol

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Organised crime is becoming increasingly entwined with hacking, creating a “service-orientated industry” and making the internet “the single most important” factor facilitating major organised crime and drug trafficking, according to the head of Europol.
Naked Security – Sophos