About a million credit cards are for sale on the dark net under the endearing name “Bidencash”. Could have been called Teddy Bear Cash, but no. Maybe FOX News isn’t reaching this audience. Maybe someone can’t resist spreading the message. You’d never guess the mid-terms are just a few weeks away.
Whatever the case, the numbers are pretty gruesome. About 50 countries are affected, with as usual the USA romping in as the one with the most to lose. This is pretty standard practice; the data is valuable, and sold, then the buyers do the exploitation and money laundering.
Nothing to see here, you’d think. You’d be wrong. It reflects the real value of the Sacred Parasites of Money Laundering. This is a virtual sub-global economy, based entirely on fraud and theft.
It also reflects the total lack of interest in internet security and applicable laws. For decades now, online robbery has been a fact of life. Has it been shut down, or seriously deterred? Nothing of the sort.
Admittedly, the logic is consistent. The normal business of government is:
- Throwing tantrums at the expense of the world
- Funding organized crime with Prohibitionist laws
- Making the world safe for plutocracy, however insane
- Doing absolutely nothing about any risk to the public
…So “Bidencash” is an almost-normal thing. Except for the political reference. Who thinks like that? Who thinks “Bidencash” is a selling point to criminals?
Geniuses, obviously. Somewhere, thousands of light-years to the right of the decimal point after the forlorn-looking zero in their IQs, this makes “Bidencash” more attractive.
You can actually hear the conversation:
“Golly gee, (chuckle) I got me some Bidencash!” says Idiot 1.
“You patriot, you.” Says Idiot 2.
Well? See any working theories on who or what might be doing the branding? It’s not called “Trumpcash”, is it? Why?
Since when is the Dark Net so interested in politics? Again, why? Who are they talking to that makes “Bidencash” a good idea?
The credit card non-dilemma
One way of shutting down the constant attacks on people’s credit cards could be:
Any use or attempted use of the credit card after the time of illegal access is a criminal offense.
The offense is punishable by a fine of say $50,000 and 2 years in prison per transaction.
…But that’d be regulation, wouldn’t it? Nobody would want that. Particularly criminals.
Join the dots and figure out how this got put together. Now figure out who’s funding the Alt-Right.
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