BITCOIN BLACKMAIL: SMALL CHANGE COMPARED TO CASH

LONDON (InsideBitcoins) – Inciting fear by exploiting ignorance has long been a tactic employed by cowards and bullies -something ably demonstrated when, according to The Straits Times, blackmailers threatened to release Ebola into the Czech Republic capital Prague unless they were paid 1,000,000 Euro in bitcoin.
Encrypted emails were sent to the highest political offices in the country claiming that they obtained the virus in Liberia and that if they received no answer to their demands, they would issue press releases accusing the Czech government of negligence. The threat received widespread attention in Central Europe, hitting major newsstands and television networks and even drawing comment from Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka who described it as a ‘Shocking misuse of the current public concern over Ebola in Europe.’

This post was published at Inside Bitcoins on Oct 31, 2014.

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