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Welcome to Darkweb Dupes, where we break down basic OpSec fails. I’m not a security expert in any way, just someone with incredible powers of hindsight. This is a news blog and is meant for entertainment purposes. It is in no way instructive and you should not use this information in the commission of your own crimes. This website in no way condones criminal activity. That being said, if you find these stories entertaining or useful then feel free to toss my impoverished wallets a satoshi or two!

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Money laundering can be a complicated thing. Crypto opens up all kinds of fun techniques to would-be cleaners. Here we have a case that shows a simple truth: using all the fancy techniques in the world doesn’t matter if you don’t understand what they do, and when to use them. Another lesson from this case is that trying to obfuscate your activity on a public ledger is pointless. An elaborate shell game is pointless when all the moves are publicly recorded.

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I can ride my bike with no handlebars

Alleged drug trafficker John McKernan is the subject of today’s satirical OpSec review. A witness says that John is a self-described autist who “rides his bike here to the store.” According to video evidence he dressed for the part. The story begins (if you’re going to accept the FBI as the sole perspective character for this particular tale) when a darknet vendor called KingofKeys caught the attention of our friends at the FBI.

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