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Re:Ransomware Infects 100K PCs in China, Demands WeChat Payment by fastball on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @10:04PM (#18615001)
Privacy cryptos like Monero?
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Re:Ransomware Infects 100K PCs in China, Demands WeChat Payment by rqs on Friday December 07, 2018 @04:56AM (#18626340)
Then it will probably be banned in China, so nobody can actually pay the ransom.

Plus, I have read a news article on Wired[0], I don't think Monero is private enough to against state/police launched attacks?

Consider there are many ways to make money legally, doing something at that level of risk maybe just not worth the trouble.

[0] https://www.wired.com/story/monero-privacy/

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