Monday, 27 July 2015

For Ransom, Bitcoin Replaces the Bag of Bills

For Ransom, Bitcoin Replaces the Bag of Bills

In the old days, criminals liked their ransom payments in briefcases full of unmarked bills. These days, there’s a new preferred method for hostage takers: the virtual currency Bitcoin. In a modern day version of a mob shakedown, hackers around the world have seized files on millions of computers, taken down public websites and even, in a few cases, threatened physical harm.
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