For years, bitcoin fans have been trying to change the view that the digital currency is only used for criminal activity. New information about Russia’s interference in the US elections does not help this. Bitcoin was preferred by Russian intelligence officers, whom the US accused on Friday of hacking related to the presidential campaign of 2016. According to the indictment, members of criminal conspiracy mainly used virtual coins for buying servers, registering domains and other payments related to data hacking. Many of these transactions were conducted by American companies. To simplify the purchase of infrastructure for illegal activities, including hacking computers of American individuals and organizations that participated in the presidential elections of 2016 in the United States, and the publication of stolen documents, they laundered the equivalent of more than $95 000 due to the anonymity of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, said in the indictment. |
