During a virtual panel with Bloomberg on Tuesday, the assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, Bryan Vorndran, said that “crypto is the primary currency, the primary vehicle, to facilitate extortion payments.” He added that despite “some opportunities” offered by blockchain technology, “the ability to pay crypto, script it immediately into a tumbler, whether through an extortion […]Read full post FBI’s Cyber Division blamed crypto payments for the rise in ransomware attacks. on Chaintimes.com.
