CIA works on various cryptofocussed projects, director confirmed - regulation
CIA works on various cryptofocussed projects, director confirmed - regulation
The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has announced that the agency is working on a number of projects that focus on cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies "could have an enormous impact on everything that comes from ransomware attacks," he said.
CIA worked on various crypto projects
CIA director William Burns announced on Monday at the CEO summit of Wall Street Journal that the agency is working on "a number of different projects with a focus on cryptocurrency".
When asked by someone from the audience, whether the CIA has the cryptocurrencies under control, said Burns:
I inherited that. My predecessor had started that [and] had started a number of different projects that focused on cryptocurrencies.
Burn said that the agency "tries to examine the consequences of second and third order and to help our colleagues in other parts of the US government to provide solid information about what we also see".
The CIA director explained that cryptocurrencies “could have enormous effects from ransomware attacks ... because one of the possibilities to get to ransomware attacks and deter them from getting to the financial networks that so many of these criminal networks are used, and“ comes correctly when it comes to digital currencies. ”
The US government has given high priority to combat ransomware. In June the bid administration expanded "cryptocurrency analysis for finding and pursuing criminals Transactions ”as part of his strategy to combat ransomware.
In addition, the Ministry of Finance measures Realable claims are responsible “as part of the entire state efforts to combat ransomware. An exchange was sanctioned in September and another in November.
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