International cops seize ransomware crooks' favorite Russian crypto exchange A coalition of international law enforcement has shut down Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, a favorite of now-defunct ransomware crew Conti and others criminals for money laundering. "The US Secret Service has seized website domains associated with the administration and operation of Russian cryptocurrency exchange …
That's what I like to see, allies (US, Europol, Dutch, Germans, Frankfurters, Finns, and Estonians) working together to eliminate failed-state-sponsored Russian cybercrim gangs, one crypto exchange at a time! Sure beats the pants off Orange Nero's wanton acid brainwash of his own people, praising crypto laundromats, commending failed-state-sponsored cybergang propaganda, and coscksucking foreign adversaries.
Keep up the good work!
Has the "keys" to the site, to prevent Trump from ordering the US side to stand down and hand it back. Because that Russian stooge occupying the White House bends over so far backwards to please Putin he could win a limbo contest.
POTUS fire the US Secret Service? The same group of people assigned to take a bullet for him? Fire them?
they are the new Praetorian Guard and, one day, they'll start to act like them and hold an auction for the (recently and suddenly vacated) job of emperor president
The secret service apart from protecting the currency also provide personal protection for this tenth rate failed Forrest Gump.
Valour not exactly his forté, choosing discretion namely not pissing offf the secret service on the basis when these chaps are next called on to interpose themselves they might be more inclined to let that one through to the keeper (via the batsman.)
... this is totally to help the USA stock up its Federal Reserve of Crypto-Currecnies?
See: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqx0g1py5v0o
"President Donald Trump's decision to establish official government cryptocurrency reserves in the US has drawn criticism from industry watchers.
He has signed an executive order, external creating what he calls a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve as well as a Digital Asset Stockpile, which will consist of other forms of digital currency."
They'll just confiscate the funds.
Clearly the US Secret Service got the right memo
“The US Secret Service has seized website domains…”
And this is significant how? I’m sure it’s not beyond the wit of river is behind this to get another name? Really, there must be more to this story? Like “we have all their servers and have arrested them all”?
I can see it now - “Hey, Boris, bad news I’m afraid. We lost the domain name. May as well shut up shop and go back to growing potatoes now I suppose”
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