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Which makes me wonder why ransomware authors so often choose to demand payment in Bitcoin and not for example Monero.
by codetrotter 5y ago
Which makes me wonder why ransomware authors so often choose to demand payment in Bitcoin and not for example Monero.
- lxgr 5y agoI think it's fair to interpret this as a sign that even the theoretical non-anonymity of Bitcoin is not enough of a threat to disincentivize illegal uses (or alternatively it can be trivially circumvented).
- sabhiram 5y agoVery likely they will move to Monero and back with any such payment. Monero should have been a stablecoin, would have done a lot better for this type of semi-sinister use case.
- spyder 5y agoSome of them already doing it: https://www.techradar.com/news/acer-hacked-by-ransomware-gang-demanding-dollar50m-ransom https://www.techradar.com/news/acer-hacked-by-ransomware-gan...