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To: Cats Pajamas

I’ll blame THEM for my double posts..

“Its an Avalanche.”


1,750 posted on 05/16/2019 9:14:41 AM PDT by bitt (The pain IS coming!!!'>)
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To: bitt

https://www.wired.com/2016/12/took-4-years-take-avalanche-huge-online-crime-ring/
It Took 4 Years to Take Down ‘Avalanche,’ a Huge Online Crime Ring

..The scale of Avalanche is overwhelming, as was that of the effort to unwind it. Criminals have been using the platform since 2009 to mount phishing attacks, distribute malware, shuffle stolen money across borders, and even act as a botnet in denial of service attacks. It specialized in targeting both financial institutions and people’s personal financial data, to great success.

I note the date of the article is December 2, 2016.

Hmmmm.

A D5 Avalanche?


1,758 posted on 05/16/2019 9:32:03 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas (Freedom or Liberty? Which would you choose?)
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