Eric Geller

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“You don't see a lot of ransomware sets based in Western Europe, the United States, or elsewhere" in the West, said Hickey, a deputy assistant AG for national security. "If there were meaningful consequences for the activity where they were doing it, that would end ransomware.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Of course, there are crime-oriented cryptocurrency services, such as mixers and tumblers, "where I think it might be prudent for us to use some state power,” Hickey said. He noted that Treasury recently sanctioned a mixer. https://t.co/RxatJ0PdyC — PolitiTweet.org