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Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea by ryanlol on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @10:04PM (#14557441)
It's trivial to exchange Bitcoins anonymously to cash almost anywhere in the world.
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Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea by DaiPlusPlus on Thursday June 15, 2017 @12:07AM (#14557882)
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.

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Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea by discordance on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @11:45PM (#14557801)
Not in volumes that count
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Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea by dx034 on Thursday June 15, 2017 @07:10AM (#14559294)
$100k over a few weeks and exchanges shouldn't be too noticeable. Especially if you use personnel from several embassies.
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Re:The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea by ryanlol on Thursday June 15, 2017 @02:09PM (#14562838)
$100k in a single trade would not be noticeable.

I'd go with more like $10M over a few weeks.

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