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Re:Interview with a ransomware group by Spooky23 on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @01:57PM (#28052105)
The reason security is needed is that we have institutional methods for transferring ransom and paying for the rackets.

The reason that it’s ok to have a shitty $80 lock on your front door or an unprotected window near ground level is that the value for a would be burglar to break in for a crime of opportunity is low. If you’re a well known jeweler or gun collector, you typically take other measures because you may be a target.

Cryptocurrency made computer crimes profitable crimes of opportunity.

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Re:Interview with a ransomware group by KirillPanov on Monday August 16, 2021 @03:22AM (#28195728)
> The reason security is needed is that we have institutional methods for transferring ransom and paying for the rackets.

The reason we have child pornography is that people don't need to have their photographs developed by a chemist in a photo lab anymore. The photo lab chemists would've turned them in to the cops.

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