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Cyber attacks nowadays demand their ransom payable in crypto.



If we outlaw money no one will rob people don’t you know?


What would you rob from someone on the street, who isn't carrying any expensive item, especially no fungible ones? In the past, there were often abductions for ransom. This has mostly stopped, as the police always got the abductors when they tried to collect the money.


So we're about to see a rise in abductions since criminals can demand the ransom in cryptocurrency?


In my country there are still ransom abductions and all paid in FIAT, one way or another criminals are going to still do ransom attacks without fungible cryptocurrencies.


And with that I welcome you to the international union of communism.




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