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It was far rarer because it was much more difficult to collect payments.
by TimPC 4y ago
It was far rarer because it was much more difficult to collect payments.
- randomhodler84 4y agoIt was rarer because we had less computers and less interconnectness. Major incidents are caused by supply chain compromise, or very targeted attacks, all of which gets worse as the population grows. Taking payments over the internet has been fairly easy for decades. If not, do you really think we would be where we are today. I get you like to blame cryptocurrency on crime, but it is but a component, of which other components are just as critical and yet we cannot have a modern digital society without them.
- TimPC 4y agoTaking regulated payments subject to financial law as a Russian hacker group is quite difficult. Bitcoin is used in nearly all ransomware attacks precisely because it is unregulated. The idea that they’d just take PayPal without Bitcoin is laughable.