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Do you seriously expect most criminals are intelligent?
by Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
Do you seriously expect most criminals are intelligent?
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoIn this context criminals are a person or persons who have created ransomware which, in less than three days has infecting more than 230,000 computers in 150 countries, demanding ransom payments in bitcoin in 28 languages. The meth dealer two houses down who serves people out his front window probably isn't thinking straight. What we're dealing with here is a different category of thinking.
- 21 9y agoThe ransom note in 28 languages can be very well taken from other ransomware pieces, just like the ransomware code itself. It's not like someone will sue for copyright infringement.
- sillysaurus3 9y agoFor perspective, they've netted a measly $39,000 / 21 BTC so far. https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/6axuzs/wannacry_wcry_wannacrypt_bitcoin_addresses/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/6axuzs/wannacry_wc...
- xj9 9y agonot criminals who get caught, no. a good "criminal" is invisible and manages to get away with their crime. these aren't people you hear about, because then they'd be failures.