Patreon Users Threatened By Ashley Madison Scammers (csoonline.com)

Posted by samzenpus on Monday November 23, 2015 @01:16PM from the give-us-your-money dept.

itwbennett writes: "Over the last few days, the group responsible for extortion attempts and death threats against Ashley Madison users has turned to a new set of targets – Patreon users," writes CSO's Steve Ragan. A message sent from the same account used in previous campaigns by the scammers demands a payment of 1 BTC or else the Patreon user will have their personal information exposed. "The [Bitcoin] wallet being used by the group has barely collected anything," says Ragan, "suggesting that after their massive push towards Ashley Madison users, people have stopped falling for their scams."

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Whut? by godel_56 · 2015-11-23 14:02 · Score: 5, Insightful

It would have been nice if the fucking summary had told us who or what Patreon was.
Re:or... by jopsen · 2015-11-23 15:33 · Score: 3, Insightful

One of these days, they are going to find themselves accidently threatening a russian mafia boss, hells angel commander, mexican cartel boss or something to that effect, and they will find themselves very very dead.
Get real this isn't a movie...