Andy Greenberg on how ‘Tracers in the Dark’ found the dark web’s worst criminals

Photo caption: View of a Bitcoin sign announcing the acceptance of the crypto for payments at the San Salvador Historical Center on June 22, 2022 in San Salvador, El Salvador. Photo credit: Kellys Portillo / APHOTOGRAFIA / Getty Images. Article by Tonya Riley. CyberScoop – November 15, 2022.

In “Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency,” Wired journalist Andy Greenberg traces the evolution of bitcoin from its utopian origins to its role underpinning global cybercrime. It’s a pivotal story of the internet, the dark web and policing in the Digital Age. The book demonstrates in gripping, and sometimes thrilling detail, how law enforcement agencies such as the IRS Criminal Investigations unit have harnessed powerful emerging technology to trace cryptocurrency, which once seemed anonymous, right to the doorsteps of some of the world’s most wanted criminals. […]

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