US Marshals Accidentally Reveal Potential Bidders For Gov't-Seized Bitcoin 101
jfruh (300774) writes "When the U.S. government shut down the Silk Road marketplace, they seized its assets, including roughly $18 million in bitcoin, and despite the government's ambivalence about the cryptocurrency, they plan to auction the bitcoin off to the highest bidder, as they do with most criminal assets. Ironically, considering many bitcoin users' intense desire for privacy, the U.S. Marshall service accidentally revealed the complete list of potential bidders by sending a message to everyone on the list and putting their addresses in the CC field instead of the BCC field."
ohhhhhhh crap (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:This is what happens (Score:3, Interesting)
But... but.. a sectetary is exactly the right person to trust with a secret.
"Secretary - late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘person entrusted with a secret’): from late Latin secretarius ‘confidential officer’, from Latin secretum ‘secret’, neuter of secretus"
Re:Spoils of war. (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Spoils of war. (Score:2, Interesting)
No you are not the only one.
Of course is is corrupting.
The politicians that can change it cannot appear soft on crime.
Re:This is what happens (Score:4, Interesting)
This is what happens when you have a single point of failure like a stupid, technically illiterate secretary added to the mix.
Misogyny much? Secretaries are usually well versed in things like email, since it's a major part of their job. Managers are the ones who think they know everything, and make these kinds of mistakes.