Re:Massachusetts Steamship Authority hit by ransomware attac...
by kwhitefoot on Thursday June 03, 2021 @06:12AM
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Presumably someone had to buy the cryptocurrency in the first place so that should be traceable.
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Re:Massachusetts Steamship Authority hit by ransomware attac...
by strogonoff on Thursday June 03, 2021 @10:18AM
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One might not need to buy cryptocurrency all at once after the hack nor do it with visible corporate money, CEO can own a crypto wallet not connected to them in any way, there are mixers/anonymizers, etc. The range of possibilities is much broader in that land.