Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. police records

Re:Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. poli... by paulpauper on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @08:44AM (#27129630)

Ransomware btc are so tainted as to be worthless. I cannot imagine that these criminals are able to cashout easily, if at all. To cash out tainted btc you need a buyer. At some point there will be leaks and major arrests of these ppl. Just being in Russia is not safe enough. IN certain cases, the US government does do kidnappings.

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Re:Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. poli... by nyhc99 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @09:41AM (#27130200)

Kidnapping a Russian national on Russian soil might be doable, but I doubt we would risk the potential political fallout in 99.9% of ransomware cases. If the pipeline attack doesn't provoke it then I don't know what it will take

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Re:Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. poli... by clarkmoody on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:08AM (#27131240)

Please show me the market where "tainted" BTC command a massive ~~premium~~ discount. (Edit: thanks paulpauper)

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Re:Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. poli... by paulpauper on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:23AM (#27131387)

you mean discount?

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Re:Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. poli... by clarkmoody on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:29AM (#27131457)

Yes! Thank you.

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Re:Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. poli... by matheusmoreira on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @10:26AM (#27130699)

They can just use Monero instead. It's fungible, there's no way to tell which coins are or aren't tainted by criminal activity.

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Re:Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. poli... by throwitaway12 on Thursday May 13, 2021 @12:13AM (#27138325)

Well that's if they are smart and there has to be a strong market for Monero. BTC is king in that aspect.

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