林瑞祥：暗网头目与IT专家的双重生活

美国警方在纽约机场逮捕了暗网市场 Incognito 的经营者。林瑞祥化名“法老”，过着不同寻常、忙碌得惊人的双重生活。

US police have arrested the operator of the Darknet market Incognito at an airport in New York. The 23-year-old Taiwanese national, operating under the alias “Pharaoh,” had been running the marketplace since the end of 2020, through which drugs worth approximately $100 million had been sold, including hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine.

美国警方在纽约机场逮捕了暗网市场 Incognito 的运营商。这名23岁的台湾人化名“法老”，自2020年底以来一直经营该市场，通过该市场销售了价值约1亿美元的毒品，其中包括数百公斤可卡因和冰毒。

Despite earning substantial amounts from the Incognito market – six-figure sums per month last year – Rui-Siang continued to work by day as an IT specialist at the Embassy of St. Lucia in Taipei. In this role, he also trained police officers from the Caribbean country on “Cyber Crime and Cryptocurrency.”

尽管去年从 Incognito 市场赚取了大量收入（每月六位数），Rui-Siang 仍然继续在台北圣卢西亚大使馆担任 IT 专家。在此期间，他还对加勒比国家的警察进行了“网络犯罪和加密货币”方面的培训。

During the four-day training, government officials comically mentioned in a retrospective press release, 30 police officers acquired in-depth knowledge about cryptocurrencies and their use on the Darknet. The course leader, Rui-Siang Lin, “leveraged his professional background and qualifications” to enhance the police officers' ability to combat cybercrime.

在为期四天的培训中，政府官员在一份回顾性新闻稿中滑稽地提到，30 名警察获得了有关加密货币及其在暗网上的使用的深入知识。课程负责人林瑞祥“利用他的专业背景和资历”来提高警务人员打击网络犯罪的能力。

Indeed, Lin, who is evidently highly talented, likely possessed such qualifications. Around the same time, he founded the web service Antinalysis, a tool for on-chain transaction analysis. However, it was explicitly not intended to detect money laundering but rather to help avoid detection.

确实，天赋异禀的林很可能具备这样的资格。大约在同一时间，他创立了网络服务 Antinaanalysis，这是一种链上交易分析工具。然而，它显然不是为了侦查洗钱活动，而是为了帮助避免被发现。

“Our goal is not to aid the surveillance autocracy of government intelligence agencies,” he wrote as Pharaoh in a Darknet forum. “This service is dedicated to individuals who have a need for complete privacy on a blockchain.”

“我们的目标不是帮助政府情报机构的监视专制，”他以法老的身份在暗网论坛上写道。 “这项服务专门为需要区块链完全隐私的个人提供。”

This included the users of his marketplace Incognito. Under expert scrutiny, it was known for its high-security standards. Anyone wishing to conduct transactions had to complete an OPSEC quiz (“Operational Security”) and demonstrate proficiency with the encryption protocol PGP. Payments were allowed in Bitcoin and Monero, the user interface was clear, and only drugs were traded, excluding the notorious fentanyl.

这包括他的市场 Incognito 的用户。在专家的审查下，它以其高安全标准而闻名。任何想要进行交易的人都必须完成 OPSEC 测验（“操作安全”）并证明其对加密协议 PGP 的熟练程度。允许使用比特币和门罗币付款，用户界面清晰，只交易毒品，不包括臭名昭著的芬太尼。

In the summer of 2023, Incognito became increasingly popular, with trading volume reaching five million dollars per month. However, in March this year, Rui-Siang shut down the site.

2023 年夏天，Incognito 越来越受欢迎，每月交易量达到 500 万美元。然而，今年3月，瑞祥关闭了该网站。

The Taiwanese did not settle for the classic exit scam of taking the Bitcoin and Monero from the platform. He went a step further, blackmailing users by claiming he had stored their messages and transactions. Those who did not “unlock” themselves by the end for a fee of $20,000 would have their information leaked online.

台湾人并没有满足于从平台上拿走比特币和门罗币的经典退出骗局。他更进一步，声称他存储了用户的消息和交易，以此勒索用户。那些最终没有支付 2 万美元“解锁”自己的人，他们的信息就会在网上泄露。

“YES, THIS IS EXTORTION!!!“

“是的，这是勒索！！！”

Rui-Siang evidently attempted to cash out before exiting the Darknet entirely to focus on his legitimate career with well-filled wallets. Just a week before his arrest, he boasted on LinkedIn about receiving certification for Reactor Analysis from the blockchain analyst firm Chainalysis.

瑞祥显然试图在完全退出暗网之前套现，以专注于他钱包充裕的合法职业。就在被捕前一周，他在 LinkedIn 上吹嘘自己获得了区块链分析公司 Chainaanalysis 的 Reactor Analysis 认证。

Despite all his efforts, Lin failed to maintain his anonymity. Perhaps his double life became too demanding, or it was the hubris of a brilliant mind – by the time he started blackmailing his former users and taking courses at Chainalysis, the noose around his neck had already tightened.

尽管林先生做出了种种努力，但他还是未能保持匿名。也许他的双重生活变得要求太高，或者这是一个聪明头脑的傲慢——当他开始勒索他的前用户并参加 Chainaanalysis 的课程时，他脖子上的绞索已经收紧了。

The FBI had gained access to one of the Incognito servers in January, discovering a Bitcoin wallet Lin had used – unbelievably – to purchase four additional domains via Namecheap, registered under his real name.

联邦调查局 (FBI) 在 1 月份访问了其中一个隐身服务器，令人难以置信的是，他发现林使用了一个比特币钱包，通过 Namecheap 购买了另外四个域名，并以他的真实姓名注册。

The Taiwanese did attempt to swap his Bitcoins for Monero, but due to the timing and amount, the FBI could track the transactions to an exchange. There, Lin had an account under his real name. His balance there had grown to about five million dollars over the course of 2023.

台湾人确实尝试将他的比特币换成门罗币，但由于时间和金额，联邦调查局可以追踪交易到交易所。在那里，林有一个真实姓名的账户。 2023 年，他的余额已增至约 500 万美元。

Now, he faces a potential life sentence for various drug and cybercrime-related offenses.

现在，他因各种毒品和网络犯罪相关罪行可能面临无期徒刑。