India to ban Crypto ?

[RISING SUN]

Now imagine a bag of cash. how exactly would it be different?

The biggest ransomware ever was tracked and returned.

U.S. seizes $2.3 mln in bitcoin paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers

The Justice Department on Monday recovered some $2.3 million in cryptocurrency ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline Co, cracking down on hackers who launched the most disruptive U.S. cyberattack on record.

www.reuters.com

Indian "conservatives" are showing the same behaviors as the pre 90's generation of socialists. Fear of technology. Let the west deal with those, close the borders and we will do our own thing.

You can't carry cash above the allowed limit through customs/border control without proper identification and there is very high percentage of success in illegal money capture compared to Cryptocurrency which we don't have any idea who owns and utilizes for what ends. Cryptocurrency can't be mainstreamed till KYC rules are forced upon the industry globally at the same time. And even then also, it takes ridiculously crazy amount of computations to do what, just make money! That's what cryptocurrency is!!!

Aside, nobody has responded to my query till now, that how do you think Indian law enforcement will trace such illegals, and try to bring them to the books which is second part, neither here nor in twitter post.

 

[Tatvamasi]

You can't carry cash above the allowed limit through customs/border control without proper identification and there is very high percentage of success in illegal money capture compared to Cryptocurrency which we don't have any idea who owns and utilizes for what ends. Cryptocurrency can't be mainstreamed till KYC rules are forced upon the industry globally at the same time. And even then also, it takes ridiculously crazy amount of computations to do what, just make money! That's what cryptocurrency is!!!

Hilarious, so old-school customs/border control will work but KYC won't?

How are you not understanding every bitcoin block can be tracked but its impossible with hard cash? Where are these half-baked ideas of "ridiculously crazy amount of computations" and "anonymity" coming from?

Aside, nobody has responded to my query till now, that how do you think Indian law enforcement will trace such illegals, and try to bring them to the books which is second part, neither here nor in twitter post.

Because its the exact ridiculous question (now) which our uncles then used against electronic communications. Its bytes flying in a vacuum how are we supposed to deal with it?!

TLDR: How are they tracking everything digital now? just like that.

 

[RISING SUN]

Hilarious, so old-school customs/border control will work but KYC won't?

How are you not understanding every bitcoin block can be tracked but its impossible with hard cash? Where are these half-baked ideas of "ridiculously crazy amount of computations" and "anonymity" coming from?


Because its the exact ridiculous question (now) which our uncles then used against electronic communications. Its bytes flying in a vacuum how are we supposed to deal with it?!

TLDR: How are they tracking everything digital now? just like that.

Yes we are so old school that we don't know what is 135 million dollars, estimated to have been paid to get the confidential details back by major US and European organisations, ransom demanded and successfully paid in much adorable "BITCOIN" without workable trace. That's not me saying, that's FBI saying. Anything else?

Missed to add, that too only in less than six years timeframe investigation done by criminal agencies.

We don't say cash or plastic money is full proof but there is plenty of documented KYC evidence to nail the criminals, not so in the case of Cryptocurrency.

 

[Tatvamasi]

Yes we are so old school that we don't know what is 135 million dollars, estimated to have been paid to get the confidential details back by major US and European organisations, ransom demanded and successfully paid in much adorable "BITCOIN" without workable trace. That's not me saying, that's FBI saying. Anything else?

Missed to add, that too only in less than six years timeframe investigation done by criminal agencies.

What are you referring to? The largest ransomware was tracked and refunded by the FBI.

U.S. seizes $2.3 mln in bitcoin paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers

The Justice Department on Monday recovered some $2.3 million in cryptocurrency ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline Co, cracking down on hackers who launched the most disruptive U.S. cyberattack on record.

www.reuters.com

Admitting you are just like your socialist uncle won't cut it. Fearing what you don't understand is understandable but try to be reasonable. Telling its a western conspiracy and 'sub milahua hai' line wont work everytime.

We don't say cash or plastic money is full proof but there is plenty of documented KYC evidence to nail the criminals, not so in the case of Cryptocurrency.

Now, explain to me. If you find a bag with 1cr cash with supposedly illicit money how does indian law enforcement track it?

 

[RISING SUN]

Why do hackers like cryptocurrency?​

Cryptocurrency provides a helpful ransom tool for cybercrooks. Rather than being an aberration or misuse, the ability to make anonymous (or pseudonymous) transfers is a central value proposition of cryptocurrency.

"Bitcoin can be acquired fairly easily. It's decentralized and readily available in almost any country," says Koen Maris, a cybersecurity expert and advisory board member at IOTA Foundation.

Different cryptocurrencies feature different levels of anonymity. Some cryptocurrencies, like Monero and Zcash, specialize in confidentiality and may even provide a higher level of security than Bitcoin for cybercriminals.

That's because Bitcoin isn't truly anonymous -- it's pseudonymous.

Bitcoin transfers are also fast, irreversible and easily verifiable. Once a ransomware victim has agreed to pay, the criminal can watch the transfer go through on the public blockchain.

Hilarious, so old-school customs/border control will work but KYC won't?

How are you not understanding every bitcoin block can be tracked but its impossible with hard cash? Where are these half-baked ideas of "ridiculously crazy amount of computations" and "anonymity" coming from?


Because its the exact ridiculous question (now) which our uncles then used against electronic communications. Its bytes flying in a vacuum how are we supposed to deal with it?!

TLDR: How are they tracking everything digital now? just like that.

Bitcoin is comparatively safer than many other cryptocurrency, however it's not the only cryptocurrency. Technology carries very much from coin to coun to the best of my understanding. Mostly when we talk of Cryptocurrency, we refer sometimes it as BITCOIN considering the popularity of it compared to rest of the cryptocurrency.

 

[RISING SUN]

What are you referring to? The largest ransomware was tracked and refunded by the FBI.

U.S. seizes $2.3 mln in bitcoin paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers

The Justice Department on Monday recovered some $2.3 million in cryptocurrency ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline Co, cracking down on hackers who launched the most disruptive U.S. cyberattack on record.

www.reuters.com

Admitting you are just like your socialist uncle won't cut it. Fearing what you don't understand is understandable but try to be reasonable. Telling its a western conspiracy and 'sub milahua hai' line wont work everytime.


Now, explain to me. If you find a bag with 1cr cash with supposedly illicit money how does indian law enforcement track it?

When it's bag full of money, it most probably comes from the same series of currency notes as it's cumbersome to gather bulk notes from number of different sources. This leads to the trace of branch /ATM used to withdraw the cash. With the help of mandatory CCTV and Indian standard of KYC, it's fairly easily to trace the original withdrawer, if not the last. Person to person contact tracing is fairly easier in my opinion when concrete lead is received.

Again it's my personal opinion.

What are you referring to? The largest ransomware was tracked and refunded by the FBI.

U.S. seizes $2.3 mln in bitcoin paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers

The Justice Department on Monday recovered some $2.3 million in cryptocurrency ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline Co, cracking down on hackers who launched the most disruptive U.S. cyberattack on record.

www.reuters.com

Admitting you are just like your socialist uncle won't cut it. Fearing what you don't understand is understandable but try to be reasonable. Telling its a western conspiracy and 'sub milahua hai' line wont work everytime.

Colonial Pipeline paid 5 million dollars, not 2.3 million dollars and that too could be recovered only with combined brute force of Justice and other law enforcement agencies from US government.

The U.S. government helped recover about half of the Colonial ransom in its own cryptocurrency hacking operation, but Manky cautioned, "a big takeaway here is recovery of funds is not always possible, and in fact, is highly unlikely. This is a fairly exceptional case. People can't have that as a backup plan."

When Colonial Pipeline revealed it had paid a $5 million ransom in bitcoin to DarkSide ransomware hackers, its CEO said the company made the right choice for the nation. Most top financial officers at major companies disagree: but only because they say there was no "right" to factor into the decision — paying up was the only choice the company could make.

 

[RISING SUN]

When an organization falls prey to cybercrime, the ransom is only one component of the financial cost. There are also remediation expenses including but not limited to lost orders, business downtime, consulting fees, and other unplanned expenses. Big companies might be able to ride it out, however small and medium enterprises will go immediately broke. Who do you think should pay up for such financial attacks against not only private organizations and public but also against financial sovereignty of the any country, not only India?

 

[RISING SUN]

There is a saying here, when you look at too much at intense light, you tend to become blind to your whereabouts and nearby environment. People engaged in Cryptocurrency tend to over exaggerate its benifits while totally maintaining silence on the downside.

 

[Tatvamasi]

Bitcoin is comparatively safer than many other cryptocurrency,

Explain more. Shitcoin is used as assets, not for transitions.

When it's bag full of money, it most probably comes from the same series of currency notes as it's cumbersome to gather bulk notes from number of different sources. This leads to the trace of branch /ATM used to withdraw the cash. With the help of mandatory CCTV and Indian standard of KYC, it's fairly easily to trace the original withdrawer, if not the last. Person to person contact tracing is fairly easier in my opinion when concrete lead is received.

I said illicit money, not bank robbery!.

And you think every note gone through an ATM all over the country is recorded and there is a central database where police can search note number boom location tracked now CCTV to verify . Don't tell me there is nano chip in the Rs 2000 note too.

Colonial Pipeline paid 5 million dollars, not 2.3 million dollars and that too could be recovered only with combined brute force of Justice and other law enforcement agencies from US government.

The U.S. government helped recover about half of the Colonial ransom in its own cryptocurrency hacking operation, but Manky cautioned, "a big takeaway here is recovery of funds is not always possible, and in fact, is highly unlikely. This is a fairly exceptional case. People can't have that as a backup plan."

When Colonial Pipeline revealed it had paid a $5 million ransom in bitcoin to DarkSide ransomware hackers, its CEO said the company made the right choice for the nation. Most top financial officers at major companies disagree: but only because they say there was no "right" to factor into the decision — paying up was the only choice the company could make.

The value of the recovered Bitcoins was only $2.3 million in large part due to a progressive drop in Bitcoin market value since the date of the ransom payment. Through possession of the private key of the ransom account.

Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Do I have to give every link to check? A simple search would suffice.

The majority of the colonial pipeline ransom was recovered.

Now let's compare with the old school hacker attacks. Tell me how much was recovered and traced.

2015–2016 SWIFT banking hack - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Bangladesh Bank robbery - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Tell me which is better? How is Crypto scarier? Here there will be an undeniable evidence trail that cannot be fudged.

 

[RISING SUN]

Explain more. Shitcoin is used as assets, not for transitions.


I said illicit money, not bank robbery!.

And you think every note gone through an ATM all over the country is recorded and there is a central database where police can search note number boom location tracked now CCTV to verify . Don't tell me there is nano chip in the Rs 2000 note too.


The value of the recovered Bitcoins was only $2.3 million in large part due to a progressive drop in Bitcoin market value since the date of the ransom payment. Through possession of the private key of the ransom account.

Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Do I have to give every link to check? A simple search would suffice.

The majority of the colonial pipeline ransom was recovered.

Now let's compare with the old school hacker attacks. Tell me how much was recovered and traced.

2015–2016 SWIFT banking hack - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Bangladesh Bank robbery - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Tell me which is better? How is Crypto scarier? Here there will be an undeniable evidence trail that cannot be fudged.

Being a very small part of Indian financial payment mechanism system, I understand Wikipedia isn't verifiable and official document/link.

Here is the official link if you would like to refer to.

Department of Justice Seizes $2.3 Million in Cryptocurrency Paid to the Ransomware Extortionists Darkside

The Department of Justice today announced that it has seized 63.7 bitcoins currently valued at over $2.3 million.

www.justice.gov

On or about May 7, Colonial Pipeline was the victim of a highly publicized ransomware attack resulting in the company taking portions of its infrastructure out of operation. Colonial Pipeline reported to the FBI that its computer network was accessed by an organization named DarkSide and that it had received and paid a ransom demand for approximately 75 bitcoins.

As alleged in the supporting affidavit, by reviewing the Bitcoin public ledger, law enforcement was able to track multiple transfers of bitcoin and identify that approximately 63.7 bitcoins, representing the proceeds of the victim’s ransom payment, had been transferred to a specific address, for which the FBI has the “private key,” or the rough equivalent of a password needed to access assets accessible from the specific Bitcoin address. This bitcoin represents proceeds traceable to a computer intrusion and property involved in money laundering and may be seized pursuant to criminal and civil forfeiture statutes​

I guess CNBC would have much better credibility than a wiki page.

Here you go.

When Colonial Pipeline revealed it had paid a $5 million ransom in bitcoin to DarkSide ransomware hackers, its CEO said the company made the right choice for the nation. Most top financial officers at major companies disagree: but only because they say there was no "right" to factor into the decision — paying up was the only choice the company could make.

What do companies think when hacker's demand ransom? Time to pay

Paying cryptocurrency like bitcoin to end ransomware attacks is a decision many companies say is the only choice, even if the funds can help hackers get better.

www.cnbc.com

Whatever I have mentioned in this thread is verifiable and publically available information, however to only those who are willing to do their own due diligence.

 

[jetray]

for which the FBI has the “private key,” or the rough equivalent of a password needed to access assets accessible from the specific Bitcoin address.

NSA , cyber security arm of USA only allows technologies it can control , right from encryption to OS. Now if you have your money on the net then it is easy for them to screw you left , right & center whenever they want. They can even make your wallet disappear into thin air and there is nothing much you can do about it.

 

[RISING SUN]

NSA , cyber security arm of USA only allows technologies it can control , right from encryption to OS. Now if you have your money on the net then it is easy for them to screw you left , right & center whenever they want. They can even make your wallet disappear into thin air and there is nothing much you can do about it.

Agreed, however not all countries have the level of expertise, experience and tools to extract such deeply buried information. Just for the information, in the above mentioned case of Colonial pipeline, there were 23 layers of currency and wallets used to syphon the amount. Not every nation has the right kind of tools to unearth such sophisticated attacks, not looking feasible at least in near to mid term realistically speaking.
And even with their massive resources, FBI and justice department & others were able to only unearth partial Bitcoins only. That says something about the level of cyber warfare being waged against country's sovereignty.

 

[RISING SUN]

 

[RISING SUN]

96 private keys stolen from Vulcan Forged in $140 million theft

The project looked after its users’ private keys on their behalf. It’s now planning to scrap that and refund those affected.

www.theblockcrypto.com

 

[RISING SUN]

India gets its first crypto index to track performance of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Shiba Inu, other top coins

The top 15 constituents of IC15 would be Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Chainlink, Polkadot, Cardano, Litecoin, Avalanche, Binance Coin, Solana, XRP, Shiba Inu, Terra, Uniswap, and Dogecoin.

www.financialexpress.com