Season
Season 1 Episode
- Season 1 Where Are the Earliest Bitcoin Investors Now?
- Season 1 What Is Bitcoin's Environmental Impact?
- Season 1 DeFi & Memecoins
- Season 1 The Family Business
- Season 1 Sex Workers Banned From Banks Turn to Crypto
- Season 1 Ransomware Is Everywhere. Can It Be Stopped?
- Season 1 How Bitcoin Mines Were Airlifted From China to the US
- Season 1 Liberland
CRYPTOLAND - Season 1 Episode 6 Ransomware Is Everywhere. Can It Be Stopped?
0.00 48 minutes All over the world, criminals are locking up important computer systems and demanding crypto as a ransom. So-called ransomware is officially an epidemic, and cryptocurrencies sit at the nexus of the crisis. In this episode of Cryptoland, Motherboard sifts through the fallout of a ransomware attack at schools in Afton, Missouri, and our panelists discuss the history and current role of crypto in this booming type of cyber-crime.
