blockchain intelligence firm, Chainalysis, revealed in a report published earlier this year that total ransomware payments exceeded $1 billion globally for the first time in 2023
https://www.scmagazine.com/news/ransomware-payments-breached-1-billion-in-2023-a-first
Now ransomware payments in 2024 are on track to once again hit a record total value, even as fewer victims are choosing to pay attackers, Chainalysis found in its 2024 Crypto Crime Mid-year Update
https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/2024-crypto-crime-mid-year-update-part-1/
@ecksmc The big question is why is the right-wing so entranced by it?
@peterquirk entranced by ransomware ?
crypto? you mean right?
Simple cause of Vance and his links to PayPal Mafia - PayPal founder Peter Thiel is an influential Republican who later employed JD Vance at his venture capital firm, Mithril Capital Management, then bankrolled his Ohio Senate campaign with a $10m donation.
Inside the powerful Peter Thiel network that anointed JD Vance
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/112863888236378090
That's why trump is all for it now