Hacking Team: Spyware to Track Your Bitcoin

[jos]

The module is able to collect various information: list of contacts and local accounts, wallet (i.e., the money) and the history of transactions. The process is fairly straightforward: Once Hacking Team’s spyware is installed onto the target’s device, a key-logger would collect the passwords for the target’s Bitcoin wallet, and the observer could examine the transaction history by remotely controlling the device. “Here is some relevant context to position them in your pitch: Cryptocurrencies are a way to make untraceable transactions, and we all know that criminals love to easily launder, move, and invest black money,” the Hacking Team email continues. “[Law enforcement agencies,] by using our Intelligence module combined with this new capability, can correlate the usage of cryptocurrencies, defeating the financial opacity they provide.” 

 

 

I guess bitcoin is still great for making profit if you travel a lot

 

Source; http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1462498-leaked-emails-detail-how-spyware-could-track-your-bitcoin-history/

[Guest]

You're making me feel unsafe with all your posts about hacking...

[qwertywarrior]

this isnt a bitcoin issue. If you are a high value target then ur screwed regardless

[brownninja97]

These sorts of things happen a lot, you just have to have some sort of value on your head and people will want to come for you for various reasons.