According to a recent post from crypto-blogger Krypt3ia, the wallet of the Shadow Brokers group who are auctioning NSA hacking tools, has been receiving the very same bitcoin that was seized from Silk Road.
Shadow Brokers Wallet ‘Tested’ by Seized Silk Road Bitcoins
Last week, Krypt3ia stated that the Shadow Brokers are getting small amounts of cryptocurrency sent to their auction address from the Silk Road Bitcoin wallet. The sending wallet in question appears to be the same cache of Bitcoins seized when the Silk Road was taken down. The blogger Krypt3ia wonders why the U.S. government is sending the “tainted” bitcoins and believes maybe they are testing the waters with the hacker group.
https://news.bitcoin.com/nsa-bait-shadow-brokers/
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Re: Is the NSA Baiting the Shadow Brokers with Seized Bitcoin?
Interesting story thanks for sharing.
Could these be coins seized from SilkRoad then stolen by Shaun Bridges and are now back in the possession of the US Government?
Could these be coins seized from SilkRoad then stolen by Shaun Bridges and are now back in the possession of the US Government?
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