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[News] Vastaamo Monero funds traced due to OPSEC lacks, not because of Monero flaws (monero.im)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Some informations missing to people when reading the Vastaamo hack:

  • The hacker leaked it's identity (source)
  • Then the identity leak were used to find it's crypto-accounts such as binance, where he deposited amounts correlating with the investigations (source)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Of course. "Law enforcement" does not have the time, budget, or expertise to catch someone who does not leak their identity.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Maybe in Finland but law enforcement budgets in major US cities are one of their largest expenses.

Consider New York City, for example. They have fuck you money. And, yes, they do spend enormous amounts of it to terrorize its people.