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Re:DarkSide ransomware gang quits after servers, Bitcoin sta... by fencepost on Friday May 14, 2021 @03:34PM (#27158781)
Ransomware is non-state

Are there no ransomware operations linked to North Korea? I was under the impression that there was some level of activity there to maintain supplies of globally-usable currency.

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Re:DarkSide ransomware gang quits after servers, Bitcoin sta... by Forbo on Friday May 14, 2021 @06:31PM (#27160367)
Last I heard, they were more oriented toward cryptocurrency trojans and botnet mining operations, but I could be mistaken.
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Re:DarkSide ransomware gang quits after servers, Bitcoin sta... by vkou on Friday May 14, 2021 @07:22PM (#27160705)
North Korea is... A special case, and it is still quite unlike any other country in the world.
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Re:DarkSide ransomware gang quits after servers, Bitcoin sta... by zepto on Saturday May 15, 2021 @11:45AM (#27166236)
That’s true of the US, Russia, and China too.
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Re:DarkSide ransomware gang quits after servers, Bitcoin sta... by vkou on Sunday May 16, 2021 @03:55AM (#27171997)
Neither of those countries have the government responsible for all economic activity that happens through the internet.

The Great Firewall is likewise, not remotely similar to the restrictions placed on internet access in North Korea.

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Re:DarkSide ransomware gang quits after servers, Bitcoin sta... by zepto on Sunday May 16, 2021 @12:58PM (#27175037)
True, if that’s the point you intended to make.
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