South African Kidnappers Demand a 15 Bitcoin Ransom
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have always been appealing to criminals. Whereas most of the illegal activity takes place online, that is not always the case. In South Africa, a …
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Kidnapped Exchange Analyst Pavel Lerner Freed After Paying Bitcoin Ransom
Pavel Lerner has been freed from captivity following his kidnapping this week. The EXMO analyst is physically unharmed and no longer being held hostage, according to a company press release. …
MongoDB Hackers Demand Bitcoin Ransom From Over 26,000 Compromised Servers
Even though Bitcoin lacks all of the properties criminals should look for in an anonymous currency, it is still quite popular. The recent wave of attacks against unprotected MongoDB …