All Things Vice
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | Blog |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Melbourne, Australia |
| Owner | Eileen Ormsby |
| Founder | Eileen Ormsby |
| Services | Investigative reporting |
| URL | allthingsvice |
| Current status | Active |
All Things Vice is a blog that was started in 2012 by Australian author and journalist Eileen Ormsby about news in the dark web. Since her investigations into the darknet marketplace Silk Road in 2012,[1] she blogged[2] about various happenings in the dark web and authored two books, Silk Road (2014)[3] and The Darkest Web (2018).[4][5]
About the founder
Ormsby is a former Australian lawyer living in Melbourne. Sought for comment,[6][7] Ormsby has written,[8][9] been interviewed and cited on dark web, 419 scams,[10] bitcoin and darknet market issues.[11] She has obtained a number of exclusive interviews[12] from individuals involved in the dark web.[13] She was cited in the trial of drug dealer Paul Leslie Howard that he discovered the Silk Road market after reading the coverage on her site.[14][15] She also regularly writes scripts for Casefile True Crime Podcast, including some about the dark web.[16]
Ormsby is known as an authority on Silk Road and other darknet markets[17] and her work has been cited in academic studies into cyryptomarkets [18][19] and political and socioeconomic aspects of the dark web.[20][21]
In the media
Ormsby has appeared on and consulted to TV shows and documentaries about the dark web,[22] including CBS 48 Hours "Click for a Killer" (2018),[23] Channel 4 UK's "How to Hire a Hitman"[24] and Oxygen TV's "The Dark Web: Fraud and Murder in the Digital Underground."[25] She was also interviewed on episode 124 of the podcast "Meet the Thriller Author" discussing her investigations and writing true crime books.[26]
References
- ^ Ormsby, Eileen (2012-04-26). "The drug's in the mail". The Age. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "All Things Vice". Eileen Ormsby. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ Ormsby, Eileen (2014). Silk Road. Macmillan Australia. ISBN 9781742614090.
- ^ Bri Lee. "The Darkest Web: exploring the ugly world of illegal online marketplaces". The Guardian, 21 Mar 2018.
- ^ Ormsby, Eileen (2019). The Darkest Web: Drugs, Death and Destroyed Lives ... the Inside Story of the Internet's Evil Twin. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-76087-562-6.
- ^ Foxton, Willard (4 October 2013). "If Silk Road Was A Legitimate Startup, It Would Be Worth ~ $2.4 Billion". Business Insider. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ Monks, Kieron (1 May 2013). "Battlefield Dark Web: Drugs, assassins and bank fraud for sale on the 'other Internet'". Metro World News. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ Ormsby, Eileen (20 October 2014). "Fernando Caudevilla: Spanish doctor advises drug users on the dark web's Silk Road". The Age. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ Ormsby, Eileen (2012-12-03). "Dancing with Molly". The Age. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ Ormsby, Eileen (18 July 2012). "From Nigeria with love". The Age. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ "Dark net marketplace Silk Road 'back online'". BBC News. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ Chen, Adrian (28 September 2013). "How a Social Media Guy Took an Underground Drug Market Viral". Gawker. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ "Onion over VPN Explained: What It Is & How to Use It". PrivacyRadar. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
- ^ Solon, Olivia (3 February 2013). "Police crack down on Silk Road following first drug dealer conviction". ArsTechnica. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ "Police crack down on Silk Road following first drug dealer conviction". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Episodes written by Eileen Ormsby". Casefile: True Crime Podcast. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ Greenberg, Andy (2022). Tracers in the dark: the global hunt for the crime lords of cryptocurrency (First ed.). New York: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-54810-6.
- ^ Martin, James; Munksgaard, Rasmus; Coomber, Ross; Demant, Jakob; Barratt, Monica J (2019-11-28). "Selling Drugs on Darkweb Cryptomarkets: Differentiated Pathways, Risks and Rewards". The British Journal of Criminology. 60 (3): 559–578. doi:10.1093/bjc/azz075. hdl:1959.4/unsworks_73360. ISSN 0007-0955.
- ^ Jardine, Eric (2021-12-01). "Policing the Cybercrime Script of Darknet Drug Markets: Methods of Effective Law Enforcement Intervention". American Journal of Criminal Justice. 46 (6): 980–1005. doi:10.1007/s12103-021-09656-3. ISSN 1936-1351.
- ^ Tiberg, Fredrik; Nordgren, Johan (June 2022). "Ordinary people, criminals, addicts and recreational users: Swedish court of law descriptions of persons sentenced for online drug purchases". Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 39 (3): 225–239. doi:10.1177/14550725221079524. ISSN 1455-0725. PMC 9152228. PMID 35720522.
- ^ Moeller, Kim; Munksgaard, Rasmus; Demant, Jakob (October 2017). "Flow My FE the Vendor Said: Exploring Violent and Fraudulent Resource Exchanges on Cryptomarkets for Illicit Drugs". American Behavioral Scientist. 61 (11): 1427–1450. doi:10.1177/0002764217734269. ISSN 0002-7642.
- ^ "Speaking & Consulting". Eileen Ormsby. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ Sant, Peter Van (2018-09-29). ""48 Hours" disrupts alleged dark web hitmen in potential murder-for-hire plots - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Watch How to Hire a Hitman | Stream free on Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "THE DARK WEB: Fraud and Murder in the Digital Underground". Oxygen Official Site. 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "MTTA 124: Eileen Ormsby". December 2020.