This information was given during the testimony by U.S. Internal Revenue Service special agent Gary Alford.
Alford had served subpoena on emails of defendant Ross Ulbricht as part of his investigation.
Silk Road usedbitcoinsas transaction mode of payment for goods that were delivered to the buyers through the mail.
The spreadsheet contains an entry for a debit for that amount was annotated with the phrase pay off hacker.
The fellow administrator consoled Dread Pirate Roberts by writing: Youre still way richer than he is.
Again Silk Road operators paid $10,000 to stop this attack, according to the sites ledger.
The anonymous entity however carried out the attack despite the payoff according to Dread Pirate Roberts chat logs.
Alford also testified that Silk Road was selling hacking tools to willing buyers in addition to drugs.
If the charges are proved, Ulbritch may serve maximum penalties of life in prison.
Ulbricht has plead not guilty to all charges.
source: www.techworm.net
