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Related: About this forumIsrael is seizing cryptocurrency wallets from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has been
using them to raise funds from donors worldwideIsrael has begun seizing cryptocurrency wallets used by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the Associated Press and Al Jazeera reported.
Defence minister Benny Gantz said the group had been pursuing an online campaign to raise finances in the aftermath of the 11-day Gaza conflict, which killed more than 200 Palestinians, including dozens of children and more than 12 Israelis.
"The intelligence, technological and legal tools that enable us to get our hands on terrorists' money around the world constitute an operational breakthrough," Gantz said Thursday.
Israel's national bureau of counterterrorism issued a seizure order on Wednesday against cryptocurrency addresses believed to be controlled by Hamas.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-is-seizing-cryptocurrency-wallets-from-the-palestinian-militant-group-hamas-which-has-been-using-them-to-raise-funds-from-donors-worldwide/ar-AALZDBT
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Israel is seizing cryptocurrency wallets from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has been (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Jul 2021
OP
Is this really a good idea that a Country has the means to take people's money via
SWBTATTReg
Jul 2021
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comradebillyboy
(10,155 posts)1. Israeli intelligence agencies seem to be very competent,
very effective and very ruthless. CIA and NSA should hire them to track down and liquidate hacking collectives.
Budi
(15,325 posts)2. Good. HAMAS is a terrorist group funded via crypto by terrorist regimes
Do everyone in that region a favor & cut off the illegal funding 1st.
One of the 1st & strongest proponants of crypto was Vladimer Putin because it wasn't considered real money that fell under global monetary regulations.
SWBTATTReg
(22,144 posts)3. Is this really a good idea that a Country has the means to take people's money via
breaking cyber codes linking digital money to a person or group or entity?
Of course groups espousing destruction and such do not deserve safe havens for any of their resources but the fact that Israel (and probably other Countries) have the resources (e.g., Russia, China, North Korea, etc.) to steal supposedly safe cyber money?