Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea
by DaiPlusPlus on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @09:55PM
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Supposing North Korea has Bitcoins... how could they sell them in a way that grants them usable currency?
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Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea
by jorblumesea on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @09:58PM
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The same way N. Korea does everything overseas, foreign agents and "diplomats" that act couriers. China would be the obvious conduit as bitcoin is widely accepted there.
Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea
by adventured on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @09:59PM
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North Korea has the world's #2 and #3 economies next door, and both increasingly like Bitcoin. China has a significant appetite for Bitcoins, even more so with the capital controls now in place. That's a pretty easy black market trade.
Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea
by mc32 on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @10:11PM
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I'd venture to say #3 has no love lost for N Korea so highly doubt #3 would look kindly at aiding and abetting N Korea. #2 is rather frustrated with the DPRK regime and have tightened commerce with the regime.
Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea
by oh_sigh on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @10:13PM
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Sell them on one of the Chinese exchanges for yuan and physically carry it over the border to NK.
Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea
by openasocket on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @10:18PM
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Hell, you don't even need to carry it over: anything you want to use the money to purchase is going to be in China anyway.
Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea
by ryanlol on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @10:04PM
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It's trivial to exchange Bitcoins anonymously to cash almost anywhere in the world.
Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea
by DaiPlusPlus on Thursday June 15, 2017 @12:07AM
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By cash do you mean physical money, like coins and notes, or liquid amounts in a bank account? The problem is physhcal money is not a good way to move large amounts around, and most bank accounts have a great deal of oversight.
No-one cares about $75 being used to buy heroin on The Silk Road, but people will notice $75,000,000 being moved - and Bitcoin is not anonymous either, merely psuedonominous.
Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea
by discordance on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @11:45PM
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Not in volumes that count