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Re:U.S. tightens export controls on items used in surveillan... by rtkwe on Thursday October 21, 2021 @04:17PM (#28950299)
True enough I guess, though it’s definitely not what I’d pick. Tangentially I wonder why ransomware hasn’t been a thing for longer. Was it an issue of how to do payments that crypto solved?
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Re:U.S. tightens export controls on items used in surveillan... by rocqua on Friday October 22, 2021 @04:26AM (#28954848)
The consensus seems to be that it is crypto making receiving the ransom easier, and Russia (and other jurisdictions) giving ransomware crews free reign.

I think the second one might be more important, because it is generally known who the big crews are, and it is actually easy to screw up the opsec on crypto.

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