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Bitcoin hackers threaten to leak masturbation vids if victims don’t pay up

Apr23
by on April 23, 2019 at 8:53 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Bitcoin sextortion scams are so 2018, right? Well, there are some hackers out there that would beg to differ. It appears that residents of Norton, a small town in Kansas, US, are being targeted by scammers threatening to release sensitive material unless the victims pay a Bitcoin ransom. It’s not clear if this was an intentionally localized attack, or if others have been affected. Norton Kansas Police Department published a public notice to their Facebook page warning locals of the danger earlier today. Norton residents have been reporting an email, in which the hacker claims to have remote control over…

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Bitcoin hacker targets Meghan Markle’s friend’s fashion company

Apr23
by on April 23, 2019 at 8:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Meghan Markle’s designer friend’s Misha Nonoo’s fashion company has been targeted by a Bitcoin hacker. Nonoo, who is rumoured to have introduced Markle to Prince Charles, said she was “mortified” after a hacker gained access to her eponymous label’s email list and began sending threatening messages. In an email, written in broken English, the hacker claimed to have access to customers’ devices after installing spyware on the brand’s website. The hacker then threatened to publish all their photos if they did not send $583 to his or her Bitcoin address. “I scanned your hard drive and found enough of your…

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Google Walkout organizers publicly accuse Google of punishing them

Apr23
by on April 23, 2019 at 8:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


Two of the women who helped organize last year’s global Google Walkout have accused the tech giant of retaliating against them, reports Wired. Last November, more than 20,000 Google employees around the world took part in a mass walkout to protest the company’s handling of sexual harassment allegations against senior executives at the company. Dubbed Google Walkout, the coordinated event was in response to a report by The New York Times that found two top executives to have been paid millions of dollars in exit packages despite having been accused of sexual misconduct. According to an internal memo, the march…

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Prolific sim-swapper gets 10 years for stealing $7.5M worth of Bitcoin

Apr23
by on April 23, 2019 at 7:24 am
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A 21-year-old man in the US, who is credited with being one of the first people in the country to be convicted of stealing cryptocurrency by hacking a victim’s mobile phone, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail. Joel Ortiz, who stole over $7.5 million from at least 40 people, pleaded guilty without contest to 10 felony charges on January 24, 2019. Santa Clara County Judge Edward Lee sentenced Ortiz on Friday, April 19, following a series of hearings in which victims shared the devastation caused by his thefts. Ortiz spent his loot lavishly – squandering $10,000 on nights out…

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