In the previous episodes we have detailed discussion about the Dark Net. Here's a little bit about the dark net briefly. The Internet is a huge information store. The information we get on the internet is only 1% of the total information on the internet. There is a huge amount of information that is beyond our reach. This part of the Internet is called Deep Web. Here are the important information of the government, database of different organizations, intelligence information etc.
There is a small part below the Deep Web. He is called Dark Web. And here all the criminals, hackers, secret societies, drug dealers, people of ill-mentality are roaming. Here there is such illegal work that is common thinking and out of the ordinary. However, we discussed the details of these past episodes.
Today, we will talk about a secret web site in the dark net. Whose name is Silk Road. It is said that it is one of the most powerful websites in the Dark Net.
We all read about the silk road in history books. This road was used to import silk fabrics. However, the silk road we talk about today is the name of a web site in the dark net. This is an online marketing website. This site, called Silk Road, is for the sale of infamous drug, intoxicants, banned chemicals. Besides selling and selling drugs, illegal arms sales, fake ID cards, passport-making and hacking services are also provided by this website.
Silk Road Website. Pictures- Google
The design of this website is very interesting. Users can rank and review this site, so new users can easily find their favorite drug. New users have to register here first. To register a new account, you have to pay a certain amount. The user ID was kept secret here. And because bit coins are traded through it, the identity of the buyer and the seller is completely hidden. Bit coins are a type of Internet based currency. The government does not have any control over it and the government does not have any information about its transactions. For this reason, any illegal transactions can be made easily by bit coins.
Besides, those who sell drugs through this site also have to open the account with money. But if there is money, the account can not be opened here. The account is sold through auction and the auction allows the seller to sell the drug on this site. Sellers who are able to supply regular and excessive amount of drugs and other prohibited products. All selected vendors have to pay a certain amount per month.
The interesting thing is that they also have a book club. Where rare and high quality books are available on the world's biggest conspiracy, hacking etc. Even before any book was published in the market, it came to the club members.
This Web site is the first to know about 2011. Until then, nothing was known about it. This website was run by the founder of the website "Dred pirate Robert".
In 2013, the FBI closed the website. There is a fun incident behind it. Silk Road website soon gained popularity among the drug addicts. As a result, it did not take time to look into intelligence agencies. For long time the FBI was trying to stop the Silk Road Web site. However, it is very difficult to close any web site of Dark Knight or the people behind it. The controllers of this site are very efficient and they used very high quality cyber technology. That's why intelligence became more difficult for the detectives. Many documents, tracing the network, detectives suspect a person named Ross Albrecht. This person is actually the founder of the site, which was directed by Drude Pirate Robert. But there was no strong evidence for the detectives.
Ross Albrecht. The founder of the notorious website.
Intelligence agencies are always trying to catch hackers or cyber criminals when they are running a computer or are controlling that particular website. It is very difficult to prove the crime of such criminals once the criminals lock the computer once. Detectives previously traced the position of the Ross through various sources. After that the opportunity was waiting for the opportunity. That opportunity comes after a long wait. On that day, Ross was operating the Silk Road website on his computer at the public library in America. In that situation, the officers of the FBI got up and took him in hand. In such a way that Ross did not have time to stop the computer and time. And the officers are training these biseyai! They also take possession of the website and close them.
It was the biggest high profile arrest in Dark Network history. Because he was arrested for taking him to the hand. At that time, the Silk Road Web site was about $ 34.5 million in business and there were about 1 million users. It is said that as soon as the seizure is done, the detectives quickly remove large quantities of bits.
After proof of the crime, the US court ruled Ross Albrecht in a life sentence. He is currently in a prisons in America. Another horrific act of Ross Albrecht came in front of detectives during the investigation. Just a few days before the arrest, he rented the killer with about $ 7 million from the Dark Net and hired the killer to kill another controller of the web site !!
It is assumed that FB is able to take away huge amount of money from the website due to holding hands. But for a long time, the American intelligence agency did not want to express the amount of money. After reading many, they admitted that they could seizure about 48 million dollars in web site. Consequently, the American government became the owner of a large number overnight.
However, the issue of sorrow is still on the Silk Road website but it is back again. In October 2013, Ross Albrecht was arrested and the website was closed. But in November it was re-launched as silk road 2.0. Though the main founder was arrested, its other controllers started the site. It was closed again in 2014. But it comes back again. It is known that its name is silk road 3.1.
This notorious website is now using more powerful networks and security, and in the Great Adventure, a large state of narcotics is spreading in dark nets.
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