Cybersecurity
Ross Ulbricht Convicted of Running Silk Road as Dread Pirate Roberts
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The founder of the Silk Road website faces life in prison for running an underground Internet emporium that catered to hackers and drug traffickers.
Ross Ulbricht, 30, who used the moniker “Dread Pirate Roberts,” offered people the chance to anonymously buy illegal merchandise and services with bitcoins. On Wednesday, a jury took just three and a half hours to find him guilty on all seven federal charges.