Dette har veldig mye med sikkerheten til TOR å gjøre, med riktig framgangsmåte er det ikke noe problem å lokalisere hvor serverne til de forskjellige tjenestene er hostet. Det var dette som ga FBI full tilgang til alt innholdet til SR serverne i flere måneder før de arresterte DPR. Videre har de bare adressen til personer som sendte dette uten kryptering over meldingssystemet.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/2/4795502/the-fbi-busted-silk-road-but-not-the-dark-web-behind-it][/url]
While it is possible that the FBI discovered some vulnerability in Tor that was not disclosed in the criminal complaint, it seems much more likely that this was old-fashioned police work. Dread Pirate Roberts made a number of errors, according to the FBI, including connecting to the Silk Road server using only a Virtual Private Network and not Tor and using an email address that contained his real name in a way that could be traced back to Silk Road. The police even intercepted a Silk Road package containing nine pieces of fake identification with the photo of the man they eventually arrested.