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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by majormajor on Monday June 07, 2021 @07:18PM (#27428601)
> I think you are assigning too much “us vs them” to the ransomware marketplace.

Attacking things in a foreign jurisdiction is massively appealing from a "what will get me thrown in jail by my own government if things go wrong" perspective. You don't need any political loyalty for that calculation.

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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by Millenialboomer on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @10:34AM (#27435714)
The problem is that state-level actors are considerably more sophisticated in their activities than what was seen here. There was a story on HN a while back that can best be summed up as "Defending against this is impossible: Mossad is gonna Mossad and there is nothing you can do about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26591669
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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by staticassertion on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @04:00PM (#27440020)
There's a difference between a criminal who is state sanctioned and a state-level actor.
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