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Old 03-30-2015, 07:39   #1
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Socom tracking money that funds violent extremists

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Old 03-30-2015, 10:39   #2
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Good Read.

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Islamic State is a cash-based organization, semi-closed and isolated from the global economic system. It makes money by selling petroleum, through ransoms, looting antiquities and taxing the people in the land it’s captured. But having the wherewithal to transmit funds via cryptocurrency is difficult for the organization, says Potter.
I feel Islamic State isn't using it because they know it is a lot easier to track the transfer of cryptocurrency over paper currency. Some Countries are even looking at combining cryptocurrency with paper currency due with cryptocurrency not being counterfeited as easy as paper currencies.

Look at it this way. With Snowden tell the world our "Secrets" on tracking people, now that same information being sent via carrier pigeons. Carrier Pigeons do take longer, but is it more secure? I can take a micro-SD Card or a Mini-SIM Phone Card; fill it with information and the pigeon is the mechanism for delivery not the internet. Cryptocurrency are computer based, paper currencies are pigeons based IMO.

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Many government agencies are not training their analysts in the intelligence or defense communities to think about the convergence of commerce, economics and threats. This skill gap represents a challenge confronting law enforcement and national security authorities.
This is so true with Counter-Threat Finance side of things, we don't have Military Intelligence Analyst that can look at the Finance side. I did a product on analysis VBIEDs in a country, based off two "NEW" TTPs. I analysis more of the Dual-use IED Components procurement over the IED Production cell Networks. My way of looking at the "Problem" was to stopped or slowed down the "Auxiliary" and "Underground" facilitation support cells, Finance or Logistical LOCs, for the IED Production Networks. I got more question over WHY I went down this "road." Closed minded people IMO. We don't have enough Military Intelligence Analyst that can look at the Finance side of any Network system.

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Old 03-30-2015, 12:02   #3
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crypto-currencies (CC) such as bitcoin are becoming more sophisticated. a user can generate a private key, with access to all his/her CC, on a platform that has never been on the internet and then use various public keys for any online transactions. With the use of open source operating systems such as Ubuntu a user can create a virtual machine within the operating system and log on to any number of global vpn's to mask their IP address and conduct transactions.

CC is in its infancy however, these users will continue to adapt and make this technology more secure and widespread.

Stay vigilant.
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Wouldn't the NSA already be tracking these guys? I guess no sharing of info...
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Wouldn't the NSA already be tracking these guys? I guess no sharing of info...
I would think, and hope everyone (3 and 4 letter Agencies) would be tracking and following the money.
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I wonder who will track the money that goes to Iran via the new nuclear treaty?
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Old 07-24-2015, 19:38   #7
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I would think, and hope everyone (3 and 4 letter Agencies) would be tracking and following the money.
Ha! Too much moving for the G to see it all.

bc, if you store it and move it online using wallets yeah folks can see it. Now, put it on a USB drive and give it to me and no one can track it.
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