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I doubt it, my guess is it will (understandably) be used as the scapegoat to kill cryptocurrency and/or put it under a central authority controlled by governmen
by tw04 6y ago
I doubt it, my guess is it will (understandably) be used as the scapegoat to kill cryptocurrency and/or put it under a central authority controlled by governments.
Ransomware was basically non-existent before criminals had a way of being paid anonymously.
- blackearl 6y agoSocial engineering scams manage to get millions wired (https://variety.com/2018/film/news/pathe-loses-more-than-21-million-internet-scam-1203027025/ https://variety.com/2018/film/news/pathe-loses-more-than-21-...). Crypto may be more convenient and less risky, but I don't see a crypto ban stopping ransomware completely. Plus there will always be someone wanting to do it for laughs or infamy.