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Nate Anderson

Crime Tech World

Inside the US Government's War on Tech Support Scammers

The fall of PCCare247, an Indian company in the business of selling fixes to problems that didn’t exist.

Nate Anderson Ars Technica May 2014 15min Permalink

Crime Tech

How the Feds Took Down the Dread Pirate Roberts

On the fall of Ross William Ulbricht, the alleged creator of The Silk Road, a hidden black market website where users could buy and sell drugs, guns and, according to the FBI, the services of a hit man.

Nate Anderson, Cyrus Farivar Ars Technica Oct 2013 15min Permalink