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Brian Barrett

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03.19.2021 04:41 PM

A SpaceX Engineer's Dark Web Insider Trading Sparks an SEC First

"MillionaireMike" allegedly ran a stock tip scam that earned him
$27,000 in bitcoin payments.

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man on laptop silhouetteThe SEC has never gone after dark web insider
trading before--although it may have scant opportunities in the
future.Photograph: Jasper James/Getty Images

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On the dark web, MillionaireMike was a busy guy.

[Brian]
Brian Barrett is the digital director at WIRED, covering security,
consumer technology, and anything else that seems interesting. Prior
to WIRED he was the editor in chief of the tech and culture site
Gizmodo and was a business reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's
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