SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.world · 18 days agoPuritanical rulelemmy.worldimagemessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoNever thought about it before y’all’s discussion, but how did they take payment before crypto? Gift cards like the phone scammers?
minus-squareBleys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoThey didn’t, ransomware pre-bitcoin was basically just regular scams. Not even close to comparable to what goes on today.
minus-squareLem Jukes@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoI shit you not, literally mailing money to a PO Box in Panama.
Never thought about it before y’all’s discussion, but how did they take payment before crypto? Gift cards like the phone scammers?
They didn’t, ransomware pre-bitcoin was basically just regular scams. Not even close to comparable to what goes on today.
I shit you not, literally mailing money to a PO Box in Panama.