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Blackmailers demand 1.0000001 Bitcoin from hacked Ashley Madison users


               
2015 Aug 23, 3:05pm   1,540 views  8 comments

by Dan8267   follow (4)  

http://www.neowin.net/news/blackmailers-demand-10000001-bitcoin-from-hacked-ashley-madison-users

To make matters even worse for people, extortionists are now trawling through the database and demanding Bitcoin payments from users. According to security researcher Brian Krebs, criminals are threatening to expose users to their significant others, unless a payment of exactly 1.0000001 BTC ($232 USD) is paid into their wallets.

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1   Shaman   2015 Aug 23, 3:39pm  

It might be worth it, if it was only the once, but as these things work it'll be spam with 300 demands a day.

2   Strategist   2015 Aug 23, 4:05pm  

Quigley says

It might be worth it, if it was only the once, but as these things work it'll be spam with 300 demands a day.

They should just tell their spouse now. There could be some very prominent people on the list who are gonna be in deep shit. It will be scandal after scandal.

3   Patrick   2015 Aug 23, 4:11pm  

what's with the extra 0.0000001 BTC?

4   Ceffer   2015 Aug 23, 5:17pm  

I thought they were demanding bitchcoins.

Just like any good hooker, they make just some of their money from sex, the rest is from blackmail.

5   Rin   2015 Aug 23, 5:22pm  

This is so pathetic. I'd been boning hoes for years, none of this Ashley Madison horseshit.

6   Strategist   2015 Aug 23, 8:12pm  

Rin says

This is so pathetic. I'd been boning hoes for years, none of this Ashley Madison horseshit.

Please explain.

7   Strategist   2015 Aug 23, 8:20pm  

DieBankOfAmericaPhukkingDie says

obama@whitehouse.gov is on the Ashely Madison list.

I bet he's good for more than $232!

He isn't smart like Clinton. He could have gotten an intern for free, and no one would ever find out.

8   Dan8267   2015 Aug 23, 10:04pm  


what's with the extra 0.0000001 BTC?

Evidently, you can sell fractions of a bitcoin, but not in that granularity. The article claims it's used to identify the person making the payment.

The fact is, although it may be worth sending out extortion emails to every person who signed up to that site, it's not worth perusing an individual for just $232 or so bucks. Actually making good on the threat would involve doing work and I doubt the extortionists are willing to do that except for big targets like politicians who will pay a lot more.

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