Russian cyber criminals purchase heroin with bitcoin all in plot to frame security expert
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A respected US-based internet security expert says he has foiled an attempt to frame him as a heroin dealer.
Brian Krebs says the administrator of a Russian cybercrime forum hatched a plan to order heroin, arranged for it to be delivered to his home, then tipped off the police, making it look as if the call had come from a neighbour's house.
Fortunately, Mr Krebs was already monitoring the website and saw the plot being planned in real time.
He alerted the FBI and local police.
"I am little concerned", he told the BBC. "But then there are a lot of things people can do to upset you and get under your skin using a keyboard and few clicks of a mouse.
"But what's the next level?"
The person behind the attempted plot, according to Mr Krebs, set up a bitcoin wallet to accept donations of the digital currency from fellow forum members.
He raised about $200 (£131) worth of bitcoins and used it to buy 12 small bags of heroin using the Silk Road online black market.
The package duly arrived at Mr Krebs's house, and he handed it over to the police.
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[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23502300]Article (BBC)[/url]
Surely receiving random drugs in the mail is not proof enough for any sort of conviction anyway? At least I hope they'd need more than that before they can just turn your life upside down.
[QUOTE=Mitsudigi;41655271]Surely receiving random drugs in the mail is not proof enough for any sort of conviction anyway? At least I hope they'd need more than that before they can just turn your life upside down.[/QUOTE]
well it shouldn't, but then again its the US with a hard-on for war against drugs, seems like he is being honest through.
[QUOTE=scout1;41650915]Brian Krebs[/QUOTE]
[img]http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/imglib/Drugprofiles/350Heroin.jpg[/img]
"Are you feeling it now Mr Krebs"
[QUOTE=Mitsudigi;41655271]Surely receiving random drugs in the mail is not proof enough for any sort of conviction anyway? At least I hope they'd need more than that before they can just turn your life upside down.[/QUOTE]
If the 'neighbours' phone call was convincing enough it might be used in evidence. Though any good lawyer would ask for a testimony by the neighbour too.
[QUOTE=Mitsudigi;41655271]Surely receiving random drugs in the mail is not proof enough for any sort of conviction anyway? At least I hope they'd need more than that before they can just turn your life upside down.[/QUOTE]
And I am pretty sure they would go for interrogation of the neighbour and, finding out that none of the neighbours actually knew anything nor called them would look pretty damn fishy.
Foiling a scheme involving Bitcoins on an Internet forum? This sounds quite familiar.
This is the danger of exposing hacking secrets at DEFCON. You make a lot of powerful enemies.
[I] I wonder how much that heroin could sell for.
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Oh, Mr. [i]Krebs[/i]?
I guess that's why he's an expert.
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