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		kolinko on June 23, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tally of Cyber Extortion Attacks on Tech Companies... But gives another ways to track the money that was paid. It's a matter of authorities catching up with the technology.

sanswork on June 23, 2014 [–]

The very nature of it makes it much easier for criminals to avoid authorities once payment is made though. Sure you can screw up and do something stupid like send it to coinbase and cash out but there are lots of ways to use it without the authorities being able to determine your identity or location.

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