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Something weird to me about the FBI not having good enough technical abilities that the cooperation of these three had such an effect.
by rhcom2 8y ago
Something weird to me about the FBI not having good enough technical abilities that the cooperation of these three had such an effect.
- neonate 8y agoMaybe it's more cultural than technical.
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- gcb0 8y agoThey are probably just snitching on other people. And this press release was part of a deal they managed to negotiate to make them look good. That is, sadly, how collaboration with law enforcement usually goes.
- meowface 8y agoUndoubtedly, but it's also probably a combination. They seem talented and probably could have provided significant technical expertise. The Bitcoin network analyzer sounds a bit odd since you'd think the FBI already has a team dedicated to cryptocurrency investigations, but who knows. Maybe what they developed was really just that good, perhaps from their past experience tracking competitors and adversaries through the blockchain.
- retox 8y agoI believe employees are drug tested, which discounts a large portion of the community.
- GW150914 8y agoThat’s probably a factor, but the culture of entrenched government bureaucracy and pay far below what can be gained in the private sector can’t be helping either. Plus, a lot of hackers are fairly ideologically opposed to “big government” in a kind of kneejerk fashion.
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- wasx 8y agoFrom reading the article it seems like their co-operation has largely been snitching on their friends in the DDOS community and a crypto-currency analysis app.