All Things Vice
Blog by journalist about the dark web
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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]
| 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 |
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]
