https://watch.monerotalk.live/videos/watch/486e11cb-7e37-46ab-9519-130c95cb9491 If you enjoyed the show & would like to support us, a donation of any size would be greatly appreciated and would mean so much! XMR Donations Accepted 😃 49GdSCVTTE4TaDknDFn95QGc3mn3g7JZiPKX6QM7ZpuE5cscRFuGNhnjATKnjDHY7tNUQMM63n24uPYbj1AXFBk5KUPnDrL Thanks for tuning in! If you want to help support the show, buy a bag of Gratuitas Antigua Coffee or some Macadamia Oil at https://gratuitas.org TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: From Defcon 29 in Las Vegas ….Douglas Tuman interviews Guillermo Christensen, a partner at Ice Miller’s Data Security and Privacy and White Collar Defense Groups. The two discuss his Defcon talk about the State of Cryptocurrency Ransomware. ⏱Timestamps: 0:00 – Intro 1:17– Monero Talk Starts – Argentina upbringing. Understanding the need for crypto 2:52 – Professional and Cyber security background 6:03 – Helping organizations handle crypto 7:35 – Financial Kill Chain 9:11 – Out of Band Communications 9:34 – The Ransomware Epidemic 11:15 – Process of dealing with Ransomware 14:56 – Ransomware as a Service 15:48 – How Attackers were Caught 18:13 – Access Brokers 19:59 – Hackers gaining power 20:57 – Bullet Proof Infrastructure 21:07 – Why didn't hackers demand Monero 25:40 – Cyber Attack Scaling 27:46 – Attackers move toward Monero 29:18 – Possible collision between insurance and hackers 30:14 – Potential government action to Monero 31:56 – Monero as an insurance policy 34:36 – Making ransom payments illegal 37:09 – OFAC, Monero and Ransomware 40:20 – Future of Crypto, Ransomware and Government Response 43:33 – Can Monero be stopped 45:04 – Freedom of Speech 🔗Links: Cryptocurrency Village: https://cryptocurrencyvillage.net/ Link: https://www.icemiller.com/people/guillermo-christensen/ SPONSOR: Cake Wallet, the first open-source Monero (& now Bitcoin!) wallet for iOS. If you have an iphone or Android 📲, Monero Talk recommends that you use Cake 😉 It has been verified by the Monero community, you control your own keys, it connects directly to the Monero blockchain, and you can even exchange between XMR, BTC, LTC & more in the app! Website: https://cakewallet.io/ iOS Download: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cake-wallet-for-xmr-monero/id1334702542 Android Download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cakewallet.cake_wallet&hl=en_US SPONSOR: Sweetwater Digital Asset Consulting: Connecting new money with old money since 2018. Website: https://sweetwater.consulting YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/SweetwaterDAC Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE! The more subscribers, the more we can help Monero grow! 🚀 Listen & Reach out to us: 🎧PODCAST: ITUNES: https://apple.co/34W7FVp SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2t1y9b4 GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/363JYMo STITCHER: https://bit.ly/2tUcIck WEBSITE: https://www.monerotalk.live 📧CONTACT: monerotalklive@gmail.com Get 🤓😎Social with us: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/monerotalk FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MoneroTalk/ HOST: https://twitter.com/douglastuman INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/monerotalk/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:27:46 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://watch.monerotalk.live https://watch.monerotalk.live/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://watch.monerotalk.live/videos/watch/486e11cb-7e37-46ab-9519-130c95cb9491 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://watch.monerotalk.live/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.