Stopping funds from transferring out, and the ability to obfuscate what stopped those transfers, isn't the worst hit the Treasury department could take.
Far worse would be if they instead redirected those transfers to different accounts, or initiated new transactions to direct funds elsewhere, and the ability to obfuscate what's behind those transfers.
Then people who used to get funding stop getting funding, not because future transactions are blocked -- but because there are no funds to support future transactions, because the accounts behind the funding are dried up.
Forget the OfficeSpace scheme to slowly squirrel away missing pennies undetected. They may have the ability to boldy move every dollar to wherever they want.
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If they learn to terminate transactions covertly, what's to keep them from initiating transactions covertly?
Stopping funds from transferring out, and the ability to obfuscate what stopped those transfers, isn't the worst hit the Treasury department could take. Far worse would be if they instead redirected those transfers to different accounts, or initiated new transactions to direct funds elsewhere, and the ability to obfuscate what's behind those transfers. Then people who used to get funding stop getting funding, not because future transactions are blocked -- but because there are no funds to support future transactions, because the accounts behind the funding are dried up. Forget the OfficeSpace scheme to slowly squirrel away missing pennies undetected. They may have the ability to boldy move every dollar to wherever they want.