6 ms·
This reeks of misdirection. Nobody could be both smart enough to hack Equation Group and dumb enough to think that they could just cash out through bitcoin and
by s_q_b 10y ago
This reeks of misdirection.
Nobody could be both smart enough to hack Equation Group and dumb enough to think that they could just cash out through bitcoin and walk away.
- sbarre 10y agoSmart people screw up all the time.. If they're real, that's probably how these files got out there in the first place. If you got your hands on something like this, you probably think you're pretty smart, and you'd probably try to come up with some smart way to make some money off this, and this is the plan you'd come up with... See my first sentence...
- s_q_b 10y agoAnyone who did even cursory research on Bitcoin would know that it's trivially traceable when redeemed.
- milesokeefe 10y agoAre you suggesting that BTC can't be laundered?
- s_q_b 10y agoIt can be, for example with tumblers, CoinJoin implementations, or conversion to cash at a willing financial institution. However, none of those avenues are reliable for someone facing a sophisticated global adversary.