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Ransomware victims are refusing to pay, tanking attackers’ profits

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Enlarge / Holding up corporations, utilities, and hospitals for malware-encrypted data used to be quite profitable. But it's a tough gig lately, you know? (credit: ifanfoto/Getty Images) Two new studies suggest that ransomware isn't the lucrative, enterprise-scale gotcha it used to be. Profits to attackers' wallets, and the percentage …

Decarbonizing Cryptocurrencies through Taxation

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Maintaining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies causes about 0.3 percent of global CO 2 emissions. That may not sound like a lot, but it’s more than the emissions of Switzerland, Croatia, and Norway combined. As many cryptocurrencies crash and the FTX bankruptcy moves into the litigation stage, regulators …

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