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I imagine you'll always be able to use something like Western Union to make such payments.
by richardwhiuk 4y ago
I imagine you'll always be able to use something like Western Union to make such payments.
- amluto 4y agoAt least in principal, with a service like Western Union, an actual human or other KYC’d entity needs to collect the money at the other end. If you run a $100M ransomware campaign, a very enthusiastic prosecutor is fairly likely to arrange to arrest people well before $100M gets cashed out, and without perfect opsec, you have a problem. And Western Union respects sanctions.
- richardwhiuk 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Union#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Union#Controversies Not so much.
- amluto 4y agoI did say “in principle” for a reason (although I did misspell it). That being said, with a large enough fraud campaign, law enforcement really could target Western Union’s users.