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Ransomware widely used other things before Bitcoin; they're just using whatever works easiest-- right now thats Bitcoin. When they were using webmoney and west
by nullc 11y ago
Ransomware widely used other things before Bitcoin; they're just using whatever works easiest-- right now thats Bitcoin.
When they were using webmoney and western union no one cared to track that either. Cross border electronic crime has never had significant attention put at it, short of attacks on government systems.
- ufmace 11y agoTechnically they have, but the use of Bitcoin seems to have breathed a lot of life into the ransomware space. I don't recall ransomware ever being enough of a concern to be reported on before they started using Bitcoin. I suppose this proves that Bitcoin is dramatically more effective at moving lots of money around the world in a way that's hard to track.