> “[He] slowly began making money to further expand his exploit collection,” reads his Doxbin entry. “After a few years his net worth accumulated to well over 300BTC (close to $14 mil).”
> KrebsOnSecurity is not publishing WhiteDoxbin’s alleged real name because he is a minor (currently aged 17)
> “After a few years his over 300BTC [appreciated] to $14 mil.”
5 years ago, BTC popped up to around $20k, and then fell down to near $3k. It took until December of 2020 to get back up to 20k.
If they were on Tor, they would have known about BTC, and if they were interested in black-hatting, BTC would have probably been the most accessible financial instrument for them to use in that pursuit. I'm 99% sure someone like that would have had a stash kicking around somewhere.
Think anyone paid the group for work? That'd be a good way to fill the coffers.