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What does this have to do with cryptocurrencies?

• teej 5y ago
  Cyber attacks nowadays demand their ransom payable in crypto.
  • doomroot 5y ago
    If we outlaw money no one will rob people don’t you know?
    • sgt101 5y ago
      And with that I welcome you to the international union of communism.
    • _ph_ 5y ago
      What would you rob from someone on the street, who isn't carrying any expensive item, especially no fungible ones? In the past, there were often abductions for ransom. This has mostly stopped, as the police always got the abductors when they tried to collect the money.
      • OlleTO 5y ago
        So we're about to see a rise in abductions since criminals can demand the ransom in cryptocurrency?
      • stiltzkin 5y ago
        In my country there are still ransom abductions and all paid in FIAT, one way or another criminals are going to still do ransom attacks without fungible cryptocurrencies.
• zkmon 5y ago
  Intoxication with crypto makes people too blind to see the simple things in simple ways. They go hyper-technical and philosophical and forget the fact that crypto encourages and forms the basis for payments in ALL ransomware attacks in recent times. How hard is it to see that banning crypto would help reduce the crime?
  • ThePowerOfDirge 5y ago
    Time to wake up, ban cryptocurrencies so this never happens again, then go back to sleep!
  • trompetenaccoun 5y ago
    How do you "ban" crypto? Even if you think it's evil and doesn't have any useful applications that "pandora's box" has been opened and can't be closed anymore.