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I think a big factor here is IT people jumping at the chance to say "I told you so! Triple my budget!" I agree the problem is that these criminals are sheltere
by creato 5y ago
I think a big factor here is IT people jumping at the chance to say "I told you so! Triple my budget!"
I agree the problem is that these criminals are sheltered from prosecution.
- biztos 5y agoShouldn't it at least be possible to identify them, by following the crypto addresses until someone cashes out? I get that you might not be able to do anything about it if they are sheltered from prosecution where they cash out. But I don't get why we can't at least, to some reasonable degree of accuracy, say Address A took the ransom and eventually it ended up with Address Z cashing out through Exchange B. Then if either Exchange B or Address Z has anything at all to do with the US-dominated international financial system, you've got serious leverage. If I'm Coinbase, am I not worried about unwittingly laundering money for terrorists? Don't I have a staff trying to prevent that?