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Right, it's definitely a contributing factor as to why it's profitable, but the attacks themselves could be done entirely out of malice if they wanted to.
by SteveNuts 5y ago
Right, it's definitely a contributing factor as to why it's profitable, but the attacks themselves could be done entirely out of malice if they wanted to.
- riccardomc 5y agoSure it can be done entirely out of malice, but it is now clear that cryptocurrencies enable the incentive of doing it for money. It is becoming more and more evident that ransomware attacks are the killer app of crypto.
- akiselev 5y ago> It is becoming more and more evident that ransomware attacks are the killer app of crypto. Illegal activities were always the killer app. I doubt bitcoin would be where it is today without the silk road sites.
- tharne 5y agoBecause there was no such thing as cyber crime prior to the invention of cryptocurrency.
- VectorLock 5y agoNot on the scale we're seeing now.
- tharne 5y agoThere are also a lot more computers and things running software now.
- candiodari 5y agoThe main cyber crime is mail-order drugs, both kinds, and it’s absolutely not new.
- CountDrewku 5y ago> but the attacks themselves could be done entirely out of malice if they wanted to But then it's not really ransomware anymore.