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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by TZubiri on Monday June 07, 2021 @08:06PM (#27428984)
The connections need to pass through the US just once in order to give the US a chance to attack it.

Since they created the internet, they have field advantage. It's almost impossible not to use a US based provider, it goes as deep as ipv4 distribution.

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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by dragonwriter on Monday June 07, 2021 @08:13PM (#27429055)
> The connections need to pass through the US just once in order to give the US a chance to attack it.

Less than once if the US were, purely hypothetically, to have a well-funded foreign sigint operation that might cooperate with domestic law enforcement on priority issues.

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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by TZubiri on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @08:41AM (#27434354)
True, but it would be far less common I reckon.
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