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da_chicken04/13/20262 repliesview on HN

No, data exfiltration is just as lucrative as crypto.

We are unfortunately long past the point where viruses would frequently be merely annoying.


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antaviana04/14/2026

How do you pay for data exfiltration ransoms or to purchase stolen data? My take is that if you remove crypto, you will hamper greatly these transactions.

dawnerd04/14/2026

Just about every exploited site I've had to deal with has been some form of crypto miner.

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