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. …
Will Criminals Start Kidnapping People and Asking for Ransomware in Bitcoin?
Some of the very first associations that the wider public made with Bitcoin upon learning about it were fairly focused on its potentially nefarious connotations. That being said, Bitcoin …