[snuze]

Does anyone know any details regarding why the moderators are each being charged with "one count of conspiracy to commit computer hacking"? I cringe at the thought that this is only because they happened to commit crimes using a computer.

[dobbsbob]

Probably internal messages where they discussed or sold each other hacked RDP or something to use on top of a Tor exit for trading coins or whatever. Maybe conspired to hire a shady person to go after competition, who knows

[hbags]

It's because Silk Road sold a lot of hacking tools (password sniffers, key loggers, and remote access tools) alongside the drugs.

[freework]

Silk Road didn't sell anything, they were just the marketplace.

[loceng]

Accomplice would be the word used to associated guilt..