It becomes more clear when you think about the options out there, and get a little creative. Now a days it’s definitely chess that’s being played.
This Solarwinds thing is going to be extremely interesting. On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 11:35 AM Mark Tinka <mark.ti...@seacom.com> wrote: > > > On 12/14/20 18:23, Ryland Kremeier wrote: > > I would have to disagree. Considering the amount of people who have > bitcoin, and even less the amount of people who farm it, or have farmed it > before it became so difficult. It seems much more likely that the > wide-spread infiltrations of every-day systems is for information and DDoS > over bitcoins. > > I seriously doubt it’s that hard to sell information to companies, as they > most likely don’t care how you got that information. > > > > If information wasn’t key, whether it be for selling to another party, or > scraping that data for easy to social engineer targets; then I also don’t > think that fraudulent calls would be so prevalent these days. Where the > main target is older people who will fall for their basic tricks and end up > losing potentially thousands per person. > > > Tend to agree. > > Despite all the advice and mindless videos out there to help people > protect their data and/or not fall for basic scams, a lot of people still > do. > > Humans' capacity to want to believe in and trust others is a strong avenue > that the scammers exploit to get paid. More so the older folk, yes, but > even the young, tech-savvy; particularly those who have been too busy > flipping between apps to realize that the Internet can be a dangerous > place. > > You'd be surprised how innovative and simple these scams are, and actually > becoming less and less sophisticated, which makes them even more dangerous. > > > Mark. >