Ransomware could still exist without cryptocurrency. But what couldn't exist is the semi-legal support industry that has grown up around this form of extortion, including software vendors, intermediaries, even customer support hotlines for victims. Crypto makes extortion scalable
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I rag on it a lot, but holding larger companies' data for ransom is one area where Bitcoin and its many offspring have created genuine innovation.
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I feel like that never properly took off. People are still mostly getting arrested meeting FBI agents posing as hitmen in person.
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