# Blake Benthall

> Blake Benthall is an American software engineer who operated the dark web narcotics marketplace Silk Road 2.0 under the pseudonym "Defcon." Benthall was arrested on November 6, 2014 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in San Francisco as part of Operation Onymous, a joint operation between the FBI and Europol, aimed at shutting down illegal goods trading on the dark web.

*Software engineer involved with SpaceX and Silk Road 2.0*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/blake-benthall

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Developer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740))
- **Category:** Developers
- **Country:** United States
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Blake Benthall is an American software engineer who operated the dark web narcotics marketplace Silk Road 2.0 under the pseudonym "Defcon." Benthall was arrested on November 6, 2014 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in San Francisco as part of Operation Onymous, a joint operation between the FBI and Europol, aimed at shutting down illegal goods trading on the dark web.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.9 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 2.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 5.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 51.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Blake Benthall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Benthall)
- [Blake Benthall](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Benthall)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61996387)

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