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Re:Illinois Hospital First to Shut Down After Ransomware Attack by mjburgess on Friday June 16, 2023 @10:11AM (#36356855)
Right... so how do they acquire cryptocurrency?
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Re:Illinois Hospital First to Shut Down After Ransomware Attack by Al0neStar on Friday June 16, 2023 @12:52PM (#36359853)
I enjoy your takes on AI/ML but as someone who lives in Iran if not for crypto i'd be homeless.
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Re:Illinois Hospital First to Shut Down After Ransomware Attack by mjburgess on Friday June 16, 2023 @03:58PM (#36362953)
Could you explain how you obtain crypto in iran?

I guess you have a bank account, but your bank is under sanctions? How does that help you?

I am interested in there actually being a use-case; but i've never actually encountered one which survives contact with reality.

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Re:Illinois Hospital First to Shut Down After Ransomware Attack by Al0neStar on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:08PM (#36364595)
I get paid in USDC for programming gigs and third party exchanges in Iran convert it to Rials for me.

The third party exchanges resell crypto to other Iranians who want to use it to buy sanctioned digital goods.

It is the widespread use of crypto that makes this possible if it wasn't mainstream then there wouldn't be a difference between getting paid in crypto and a Google Play gift card.

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