It is a myth that Bitcoin transactions are anonymous. They may be much more transparent than you think. Cash still remains the best tool to keep criminals unidentified today. Authorities have tracked down some cases and arrested bad actors who used Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. Meantime, Bitcoin and crypto are still constantly targeted by cyber criminals to make quick & easy big profits. There are lots of scams and frauds, too. Please be careful.
Edward Snowden on the Long Road to Internet Privacy (August, 2022) [28:44]
Privacy issues around cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin were discussed at Consensus 2022.
How Bitcoin Can Help Track Down Criminals (2018) [4:01]
How U.S. Recovers Most of Colonial Pipeline’s Bitcoin Ransom (June, 2021) [4:48]
Ransomware and Crypto-malware – SY0-601 CompTIA Security+ : 1.2 (December, 2020) [3:52]
‘Fake Bitcoin’ – How this Woman Scammed the World, then Vanished (February, 2020) [17:49]
Crocodile Of Wall Street And The Battle Over Billions In Stolen Bitcoin (October, 2022) [45:14]
Recovering Millions In Lost Bitcoin | Cryptoland. (September, 2022) [28:47]
Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins | Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier (June, 2022) [29:23]
Online articles
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Shen, M. (May, 2022) How $60 Billion in Terra Coins Went Up in Algorithmic Smoke. Broomberg.com.
Greenberg, A. (April 2022) Inside the Bitcoin Bust That Took Down the Web’s Biggest Child Abuse Site. Wired.com.
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TechDesk. (December, 2021) Here’s how FBI tracked a Sony employee who stole $154 million worth of Bitcoins. The Indian Express.