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Then why do the hackers keep asking for BTC?

• paulpauper 5y ago
  becase BTC is the most common and there are still ways to obscure the audit trail, but the efficacy of such methods is declining.
  • hi5eyes 5y ago
    most recently the twitter hacker was arrested after failing to use a btc mixer https://ciphertrace.com/twitter-hack-update-blockchain-analysis-helps-identify-twitter-hackers/ https://ciphertrace.com/twitter-hack-update-blockchain-analy... https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/16/22334421/twitter-hacker-bitcoin-plea-deal-agreement-graham-ivan-clark-three-years https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/16/22334421/twitter-hacker-b...
    • ipaddr 5y ago
      Less to do with bitcoin and more to do with random data you would not expect to identify you. "(KYC) data associated with the accounts—such as ID, birthday and address—revealing their true identities" Once the coins entered the mixing services they were gone. It looks like they got the info from the Texas exchange.
      • uncletammy 5y ago
        > It looks like they got the info from the Texas exchange. I don't think the TX in that article means an exchange based in Texas. I think TX is abbreviating the word "transaction". Every instance of TX is followed directly by a bitcoin transaction id.