Seriously? Samourai Mixer Guys Plead Guilty. *Guilty*.

Oh, for the love of all that is unencrypted… The founders of Samourai Wallet – a so-called “privacy” focused crypto wallet with a built-in mixer – just copped a plea deal. Apparently, helping cybercriminals launder billions in dirty money isn’t such a hot idea after all? Shocking. They admitted to running a goddamn money laundering operation disguised as a legitimate service. Like we didn’t already know that.

They were basically a wash-and-rinse service for ransomware payouts, dark web market funds, and other delightful bits of digital filth. The feds have been on their case for a while now, seized assets, the whole nine yards. Now they’re looking at potentially decades in prison. Good riddance.

And get this: they *knew* what was going on. They weren’t some naive bunch of crypto bros who accidentally stumbled into facilitating illegal activity. They actively courted criminals, provided tools to obscure transactions, and charged a hefty fee for the privilege. Fucking geniuses, right?

The whole thing is just… predictable. Another example of “innovative” tech being used for the most scummy purposes imaginable. Don’t tell me about ‘decentralization’ when it’s just a fancy word for enabling bad actors.

Source: BleepingComputer

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Reminds me of the time some idiot tried to convince me that obfuscating log files was a “security feature.” I told him it was just delaying the inevitable and he’d be better off spending his time actually securing things. He didn’t listen, naturally. Now *he* works in sales.

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