SpaceX engineer pleads guilty to insider trading using dark web

[Chris]

SpaceX engineer pleads guilty to insider trading using dark web

A SpaceX engineer pleaded guilty to insider trading after buying information off the dark web with the goal of profiting from illegal tips about companies, U.S. prosecutors said Thursday.

From 2016 to 2017, James Roland Jones used the moniker “MillionaireMike” to illegally purchase names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers to open a fraudulent brokerage account, according to a Justice Department statement.

Through that account and others, Jones traded on tips, one of which was provided to him by an undercover FBI agent, according to the statement.

[Bloomberg]

 

[Murmaider]

Why does it matter that he was an engineer at SpaceX or what does SpaceX have to do with it?
I'm unsure of the relevance other than for sensationalism

 

[EL'Diablo]

damn Mike, come home, SA misses you

 

[gregmcc]

The term “dark web” refers to a subset of the internet that is intentionally hidden, requiring specific software to access content.

Specific software is required to access anywhere on the internet. Its called a browser.

 

[RonSwanson]

Specific software is required to access anywhere on the internet. Its called a browser.

Real men use wGet or cURL.

 

[cguy]

Why does it matter that he was an engineer at SpaceX or what does SpaceX have to do with it?
I'm unsure of the relevance other than for sensationalism

I think it’s because it’s surprising that anyone at SpaceX would be that stupid.

 

[McGuywer]

"A browser" won't cut it.

Are you saying that you cant access the internet by using a browser? I sure can.

 

[HavocXphere]

Half this thread not familiar with darkweb lol

 

[battletoad]

Wow, the level of clickbait here suggests it's becoming an art form.