Hacker releases PII on Las Vegas-area students after officials don’t pay ransom

Re:Hacker releases PII on Las Vegas-area students after offi... by Nextgrid on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:03PM (#24667477)

Before cryptocurrencies were widespread ransomware used vouchers such as PaySafeCard to get paid. Tech support scams use gift cards to get paid.

I'm not convinced that banning cryptocurrencies will 1) significantly curb ransomware activity nor 2) that it's worth banning a tool with legitimate use that's valuable in certain countries with unstable economic situations (there are valid, non-nefarious reasons for why you'd need to move money without your government's approval).

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Re:Hacker releases PII on Las Vegas-area students after offi... by mehrdadn on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:42PM (#24667785)

> Before cryptocurrencies were widespread ransomware used vouchers such as PaySafeCard to get paid.

Really? You're suggesting this happened on the same scale? So how many hospitals got hacked like this with PaySafeCard? How frequently did these occur? Nothing's changed since cryptocurrencies came along?

> Tech support scams use gift cards to get paid.

That's why nobody even mentioned tech support scams.

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