Another spectacular raid by Russian ransom where gangs prompted a series of interesting questions by Catalin. I thought it would be worthwhile to address them. Here is the thread with the questions. I have inlined them below with my responses. Some questions in regards to the Kaseya incident: -How did REvil learn of the VSA […]
ransomware, real resolutions
Some quick thoughts on ransomware as a tractable problem. Create a superfund to hire ransomware developers and support staff. Pay them to do something productive, or at least non criminal. The only people with power over ransomware gangs are the protectors providing the safe havens they reside in. If you cannot make North Korea, China, […]
How to hide money laundering on the blockchain
This is a summary of the key points from this article: How to Not Get Caught When You Launder Money on Blockchain? Seems like successfully laundering Bitcoins is fairly complicated, lots of pitfalls. Secrecy is usually binary, it is all or nothing. If there is secrecy for 99 transactions and then a failure on the […]