Bitcoin and Ransomware Attacks
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No. Bitcoin is just easier than other ways of payment. Attackers do it because they can, not because method of payment is convenient. There are pre-paid Visa, iTunes cards and several other methods that can and were used before. Mere fact that something CAN be used in malicious way doesn't mean it should be banned... Unless you want to ban all men for example :)
-- "My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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They'll go back to what they were using before BitCoin. Western Union.
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F-ES Sitecore wrote:
Western Union.
Money order? The attackers have to give out their mailing address.
TOMZ_KV
Haven't deal with many Nigerian princes, have you? :laugh:
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Haven't deal with many Nigerian princes, have you? :laugh:
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Since a payment made by bitcoin is difficult to trace, ransomware attacks become more frequent. The fact that the value of bitcoin has increased quickly in recent years certainly motivates attackers to do more. If people have no interest in bitcoin trade, do you think the attacks can be reduced?
TOMZ_KV
Only a bit, because the criminals want to do there business. X| If the business is easy and sucessful always a lot of criminals are jumping on the train. I guess the bitcoin bubble will end like the "dutch tulip mania" with lost homes and destroyed families. :mad:
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Only a bit, because the criminals want to do there business. X| If the business is easy and sucessful always a lot of criminals are jumping on the train. I guess the bitcoin bubble will end like the "dutch tulip mania" with lost homes and destroyed families. :mad:
Press F1 for help or google it. Greetings from Germany
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Since a payment made by bitcoin is difficult to trace, ransomware attacks become more frequent. The fact that the value of bitcoin has increased quickly in recent years certainly motivates attackers to do more. If people have no interest in bitcoin trade, do you think the attacks can be reduced?
TOMZ_KV
If people gave up sex, we wouldn't have over-population problems :wtf:
«While I complain of being able to see only a shadow of the past, I may be insensitive to reality as it is now, since I'm not at a stage of development where I'm capable of seeing it.» Claude Levi-Strauss (Tristes Tropiques, 1955)
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If people gave up sex, we wouldn't have over-population problems :wtf:
«While I complain of being able to see only a shadow of the past, I may be insensitive to reality as it is now, since I'm not at a stage of development where I'm capable of seeing it.» Claude Levi-Strauss (Tristes Tropiques, 1955)
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Well, if bitcoins weren't worth anything, the attacks would still continue, the method has shown to be profitable. Instead they would demand whatever next hard to track currency is available... like USD sent to a compromised foreign account.
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No, this is Lounge alright. If it starts to lean toward how Bitcoin affects the weather, then it should be soap box. :laugh:
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HappyFestivus wrote:
bitcoins
which is basically money? So would you say that because you are not allowed to hold euros the criminal is bothered by that and would instead of still wanting it from you just stop the attack?
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}No, and I don't think OP is saying that. I think OP is saying that they would stop demanding euros.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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No, and I don't think OP is saying that. I think OP is saying that they would stop demanding euros.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
Which does not solve the root cause. Sounds like easy programming style, instead of fixing the root cause we just put a patch on it so they need to find another way to break the system. Banning is not always the best option.
if(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_signature))
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + _signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
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Which does not solve the root cause. Sounds like easy programming style, instead of fixing the root cause we just put a patch on it so they need to find another way to break the system. Banning is not always the best option.
if(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_signature))
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + _signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
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Agreed.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.