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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by tkinom on Thursday June 03, 2021 @07:09PM (#27388607)
Follow the $$$.

If US government authorizes the NSA/CIA to infiltrate/attack all bitcoin exchanges that accept payments from wallet ID with ransomware, the problem likely be solved very quickly.

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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by ryanlol on Friday June 04, 2021 @01:01AM (#27390762)
Not if the hackers use monero.
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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by virtue3 on Friday June 04, 2021 @02:45PM (#27397427)
at some point they have to turn monero into currency.
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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by ryanlol on Friday June 04, 2021 @03:43PM (#27398221)
So what?
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