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RE: TheShadowBrokers Monthly Dump Service - July 2017
I'm wondering what Steemits think - are these cyber-attacks the new version of false-flags (designed to decrease mainstream trust in the crypto world) or are they genuine hackers?
Difficult to say from that particular angle, personally I suspect they are simply using the simplest way of acquiring money which can then be readily laundered. At this point, I'm not really sure that cryptocurrencies could be much more vilified in the press; I mean, last night One News in NZ had it as being primarily used by "Child Pornographers, Criminals, and Organised Crime," which, quite frankly, is a sign that the writer of the piece had no idea what they were talking about.
I didnt see that One News story but that writer is not a reflection of all us kiwi's downunder. Probably was some recorded script that gets passed round the news circuit.