A 2014 presentation from the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations discussing the criminal use and exploitation of digital currencies such as bitcoin.
The purpose of this bulletin is to provide awareness and a basic understanding of the “Hidden Internet” to investigators in the field, as well as provide some examples of how the Hidden Internet can be exploited by criminal elements. While the term “Hidden Internet” can be used in a broader context and refer to other internet terms such as the “Deep Web” or “Deepnet,” for the purpose of this bulletin the term “Hidden Internet” will refer to the hidden services provided by the TOR project to internet users, specifically relating to the Silk road website and use of Bitcoins.
Court documents including a criminal complaint, indictment, asset forfeiture and protective orders related to the shut down and seizure of the website the Silk Road.