Alexander Vinnik, the 38-year-old Russian man behind the bitcoin exchange BTC-e, has been arrested and indicted. Reuters reported news that a U.S. jury made the decision on Wednesday (July 26). As PYMNTS previously reported, a U.S. Justice Department investigation led to Vinnik’s arrest in a small...
Working cooperatively, American and European authorities reported yesterday (July 20) that they have shut down two of the largest online black markets — AlphaBay and Hansa Market. Their respective operators have also been arrested. AlphaBay has been down since early July — since the arrest...
What would happen if Amazon went offline today? Not a service blip, like the June outage that redirected users to 503 error pages featuring cute puppies one morning, but a total takedown of the website, never to be restored? After the initial panic, denial and...
July 28, 2017
Alexander Vinnik, the 38-year-old Russian man behind the bitcoin exchange BTC-e, has been arrested and indicted. Reuters reported news that a U.S. jury made the decision on Wednesday (July 26). As PYMNTS previously reported, a U.S. Justice Department investigation led to Vinnik’s arrest in a small beachside village in Northern Greece on Tuesday, thanks to a […]
July 21, 2017
Working cooperatively, American and European authorities reported yesterday (July 20) that they have shut down two of the largest online black markets — AlphaBay and Hansa Market. Their respective operators...
