Cryptocurrencies and Unconventional Warfare

[MtnGoat]

Brother can write.. Great article on Virtual Currencies and use in Unconventional Warfare. New way of thinking for USSF and the military in general IMO.

IMO 18 Foxes and those OTHER Intel guys, need to get smart on Virtual Currencies. Both on who uses them, and HOW they are used. Every COCOM AOR has some form of informal money moving remittance system.

Europe is light years ahead of the USA on VCs.

https://www.zapchain.com/a/l/cryptoc..._listOfAnswers

[Surf n Turf]

BITCOIN EXPLAINED

The following is a 12 part video that attempts to explain BITCOINS.

Not sure I fully understand the concept, except to say that there would be some damn good "MINERS' in the Fort Meade area.

SnT

http://www.coindesk.com/information/what-is-bitcoin/

[tom kelly]

THE NO SUCH AGENCY is watching & mostly listening for clever uses of the Bitcoin, The last person to out smart himself was Ross Ulbrict, a graduate from The University of Texas, Austin Campus with a degree in Physics & also a post grad degree from Penn State started up a web site named "Silk Road" which put buyers & sellers together to buy & sell "Drugs" The kind the DEA, FBI ,Internal Revenue Service, U S Postal Inspectors & The U S JUSTICE DEPT.are concerned with. With all the intelligence Ross had, he lacked "COMMON SENSE" His web site was started in 2011 and was closed down by the above mentioned agencies,with each agency posting their logo on Silk Worm's home page with a brief statement " THIS WEB-SITE HAS BEEN SEIZED" Ross was arrested in a coffee shop in San Francisco by an array of Federal Agents extridated to New York City to stand trial. The trial lasted @ 1 month, the case went to the jury who spent 3 hours incl.lunch & convicted Ross on all counts from drug traffing, kingpin to 1st degree murder 3 counts. His sentence imposed by Federal Judge Katherine Forrest was LIFE in Prison; "Without the possibility of parole" he was also sentenced 3 -20 year terms to run consecutive and the The Forefiture Bond of $184 million dollars. The Silk Road web-site operated for 18 month's before he was arrested. There were also Federal Agents in Baltimore who stole bit-coins from Ross needless to say they were caught & arrested & sentenced to long prison terms. MORAL OF THE STORY YOU ARE NOT AS SMART AS YOU THINK YOU ARE. Tom Kelly

[Guy]

While dealing with Indigs; Ask them to please, choose between:

1. $100k in "virtual" currency?

Or

2. $50k in "hard" cash/currency?

Let me know which choice they select....

[tom kelly]

Ross Ulbrict, founder of drug web-site "SILK ROAD" in 2011 a market place for illegal drug sales ran the Bitcoin up to a value of @ $130 before being arrested & convicted & sentenced to 3 life terms without the possibility of parole plus 3 "lesser" sentences of 20 yrs. each for drug trafficking along with a $184 million dollar forfeiture bond. Needless to say the internet currency has dropped in value. ALWAYS take the cash....

[Joker]

Originally Posted by tom kelly

Ross Ulbrict, founder of drug web-site "SILK ROAD" in 2011 a market place for illegal drug sales ran the Bitcoin up to a value of @ $130 before being arrested & convicted & sentenced to 3 life terms without the possibility of parole plus 3 "lesser" sentences of 20 yrs. each for drug trafficking along with a $184 million dollar forfeiture bond. Needless to say the internet currency has dropped in value. ALWAYS take the cash....

It is at $421.50 right now. So when Silk Road was seized bc has increased in value.

[doctom54]

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...mputer-network

Interesting use of malware by hackers who were paid off in BC.

There could be uses in UW

[tonyz]

Originally Posted by doctom54

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...mputer-network

Interesting use of malware by hackers who were paid off in BC.

There could be uses in UW

Can't get into an iPhone but personal medical records systems are this vulnerable...

Seems like multiple problems exposed here...no backup even...

Might be interesting to hear IT security experts thoughts/observations.

[Pechorin]

I'm not an expert in IT security, but healthcare administration is my field of work. I agree that the healthcare organization should have had a backup in place, but the truth is that they likely had not thought of such a risk.


There are a myriad of reasons that healthcare organizations are more vulnerable than banks or Iphones.

First, I can't speak on Hollywood Presbyterian, but healthcare organizations have to make decisions on how to spend their money.

EHR (Electronic Health Record) systems can be very costly. Add on the software to make it interoperable throughout the system, the servers, etc. it racks up really fast.

With EHR, the honest truth is that security is not a high priority in terms of protecting from hacking. It often comes down to risk management. Healthcare organizations spend quite a lot to ensure that they are protecting PHI and maintaining HIPPA security regulations. The likelihood of violating HIPPA is huge.

Yet in terms of risk management, the threat of malware and hacking seems relatively low because of the fact that the healthcare information is not as financially useful as credit card information for identity theft. So why spend the money on ensuring protection against hacking when that money can be spent on starting up a telehealth unit or working on entering a health information exchange?

Furthermore, the use of EHR throughout an organization is relatively new. Doctors have generally resisted using EHR in the past due to numerous reasons. The healthcare field is still adjusting to the widespread use of technology throughout a system. I can bet that a large amount of organizations had not even assessed the possibility of having their EHR being locked and held for ransom as a risk.

TLDR: The healthcare industry evolves at the rate of molasses in comparison with other industries such as banking and tech firms. In general, IT security has not been high on their priority list. It will rise now.

[tonyz]

^^Thank you for your insight.