Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week, 10/21/23
Garantex exchange is still thriving, Cybercrime crew's slide into physical violence, Searching for the Silk Road hacker, Israelis security firms pitch in during Hamas war, Signal's global fight, more
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The Crypto Exchange Moving Money for Criminal Gangs, Rich Russians and a Hamas-Linked Terror Group
The Wall Street Journal’s Angus Berwick profiles Moscow-based cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, which, despite US sanctions, continues to thrive as a vehicle through which Russian cybercriminals and Hamas launder their money.
Garantex’s clientele has grown during the war to include regular Russians and local businesses looking for a fast and cheap method to move large sums of rubles out of and into the country. Although sanctions primarily ban people and firms with U.S. connections from dealing with blacklisted entities,…
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