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Comment by MBCook

So? Are you suggesting banning all money?

Crypto has uniquely allowed the huge uptick in ransomware.

Before they had to figure out some way to get paid using the banking system without getting caught. These days maybe they would be asking for $50 million in iTunes gift cards, I don’t know. But it was a hurdle.

Once Cryptocurrencies started to get well known ransomware embraced it incredibly strongly. A far far more anonymous payment method that any random company or person could pay through?

Seriously. https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e72ec_52b812bb082b4fdebd...

You think that’s just a coincidence? Crypto is a huge driver for the ransomware industry.

parent MBCook 11 months ago

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