News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Do kwon sent $80M a month to secret wallets?. Parent comment

Re:Do kwon sent $80M a month to secret wallets? by Jabbles on Thursday June 09, 2022 @04:54PM (#31686726)
> don't have admin powers

> Sent $80M a Month to Himself

In the end, it turns out that you don't need admin powers to steal lots of money.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Do kwon sent $80M a month to secret wallets? by q-big on Thursday June 09, 2022 @04:56PM (#31686767)
> In the end, it turns out that you don't need admin powers to steal lots of money.

You just need to know the laws very well to steal a lot of money: this holds both in the "ordinary" world and for cryptocurrencies (there code is law).

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Do kwon sent $80M a month to secret wallets? by dragonwriter on Thursday June 09, 2022 @04:59PM (#31686795)
> You just need to know the laws very well to steal a lot of money: this holds both in the "ordinary" world and for cryptocurrencies (there code is law).

With cryptocurrency, code is more like possession. The law is still law.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Do kwon sent $80M a month to secret wallets? by wruza on Thursday June 09, 2022 @06:25PM (#31687746)
Reminds me a situation when all your databases are ransom-crypted, your PC is a part of a botnet, but more importantly the operating system is still safe and running.
[ Parent | on HN ]