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VCs find exciting new way to blow $1m: Wire it directly to hackers after getting spoofed

Friday 6th December 2019 17:33 GMT Stoneshop

PGP

The only safe way to exchange PGP keys is in a face-to-face meeting, with both sides verifying the other's identities and only then accepting their public keys.

Any other method is spoofable in some way.

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