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Dozens of Bomb Threats Reported Across America In Apparent Bitcoin Ransom Scam (gizmodo.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: On Wednesday afternoon, a wave of bomb threats were reported at various locations across the United States. On social media, numerous law enforcement departments issued alerts notifying citizens that they're looking into bomb threats targeting businesses, schools, government offices and even private residents. It appears the threats are being sent by email. NBC News said "dozens" of threats had been reported, but the full extent of these threats is not yet clear. A number of news organizations and law enforcement agencies report remarkably similar sounding emails mentioning a bitcoin ransom of $20,000. And some Twitter users have shared emails they've received demanding the cryptocurrency and warning that an explosion would only encourage others to pay up. NBC News quoted the NYPD's Counterterrorism Bureau's brief statement on the investigation: "We are currently monitoring multiple bomb threats that have been sent electronically to various locations throughout the city. These threats are also being reported to other locations nationwide and are not considered credible at this time."
You have to be pretty fucking stupid to ask for Bitcoin as ransom, since they can be tracked and traced perfectly, forever. The Orange Asshole has been losing his mind on Twitter, trying to distract the planet from the seemingly endless parade of his cohorts going to prison. Is it possible Dipshit Donnie did it? Who else is that stupid and has as much of a motive? At this point, it wouldn't surprise me.
I don't respond to AC's.
They killed GHWB (he was dead already, on ice) and threw a funeral for him on December 5th, since Q kept saying "D5" and then said "[Dec5]".
They used up that ammo. Then, Q said "allow us to counter" prior to the funeral, and did! President Trump closed the government for that day, so they weren't "sitting congressmen" et al. Then, many of them got envelopes and had rather odd expressions while reading them; Jeb's face fell, as did the hand he had over his heart.
So now that the hearing with Huber has been moved to today, these bomb threats appear to fill the news with something else.
Don't worry, deep state, your time is gonna come.
_____ BEFORE IT KILLS YOU!
How would anybody tell the difference between these and ordinary SPAM?
More bad press about crypto currency, pushing us even closer to regulation to destroy any anonymous funds.
a bitcoin ransom of $20,000.
Soon that will be all of the bitcoin!
Unless you have specific business in Russia or China, Singapore, Iran, etc... why are you by default enabling that IP space to be accessible casually? If there were some particular site there you could always visit by VPN/proxy and check it out that way, but to have your email and browser and widgets and all running apps and system calls even BE ABLE, by default, to reach out and solicit those countries... does it even make any sense at all anymore? Shouldn't we, if any of the international malware espionage or hacking news be believed (and I think a lot of it should) be a little more proactive than just routing to anywhere geographically around the world as if the paradigm of the original 1970's internet were still in effect? It isn't. We're deluding ourselves. Why shouldn't there be specific portals to these known-bad-actor (or at least known threat) countries for most consumer traffic? You would think there would be common utilities to accomplish this trivially but like everything else it's more complicated than it ought to be. Anyone (besides Kendall and APK, Jesus go back to bed you nutter) got any ideas?
Or idiomatically translated: You have been weighed and the tally has come up short, in the estimation of the foreigners.
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coming to a close.
Have to spend that money on enforcement if you want a bigger cut next year. Ever noticed how their budgets never decrease? Yeah. Shit like tihs is the reason why.
Follow the budget or money and you will find your answers. The president doesn't need to be involved for government organizations to take it upon themselves to establish a reason for budget or mission creep.
I checked the btc address (1LeReNiUgHNXvvR8TpgQG1b5nzqoKeUxDY), he's got nothing but a few felonies coming his away. Not a single person paid a cent!
Since most email is delivered on large commercial systems with millions of users, spotting patterns should be easy. If the large mail providers share their new detections with each other it should be enough to properly filter out spam. Additionally if we were allowed to pursue monetary damages against the companies that employ spammers then there would be a lot less demand for spam services. There is zero financial incentive to not use spam marketing and robocalls. Open up any company caught using those techniques to actual financial repercussions and they will stop. IE the punishment needs to be greater than the reward for breaking the law otherwise law breaking will continue.
'Bitcoin investor' looks like. Deep down we all knew it.
It is also the kind of fear mongering spam that is mostly avoided because it draws way too much attention towards the fraudster.
Ya bunch of hosers! Take off, eh!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bomb-threat-hoax-canada-cities-1.4945170
an eual in a ransom note?
what do you do?
But I didn't have the heart to tell them that I don't have an office, so if they wanted to blow up some random building, well...
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
Those notes had Nigeria written all over them.
Well no they had a threat and a demand for BTC written all over them, but you get what I mean...
You delete it will all the other spam and ransomware horseshit that floods your mailbox.
Or you can send me some Bitcoin and I'll protect you prom anything bad happening.
Hello. My recruited person has hidden the explosive device (lead azide) in the building where your company is located. It was assembled under my direction. It is small and it is covered up very carefully, it is impossible to damage the structure of the building by my explosive device, but in the case of its detonation you will get many victims.
My man keeps the building under the control. If he notices any unnatural behavior or policemen the device will be exploded.
I can withdraw my recruited person if you make a transfer. You transfer me 20'000 usd in Bitcoin and the device will not explode, but do not try to fool me -I assure you that I will call off my mercenary solely after 3 confirmations in blockchain network.
My payment details (Bitcoin address)- 1LVZqNEUHnhGxZ2qgJApd3qbHWZtpMhkAo
You have to pay me by the end of the workday, if the working day is over and people start leaving the building the device will explode.
Nothing personal, if you don’t transfer me the money and a bomb detonates, other companies will pay me a lot more, because it isnt a one-time action.
For my safety, I wont enter this email account. I monitor my address every twenty five min and after seeing the payment I will order my person to leave your district.
If the explosive device explodes and the authorities see this email:
We arent terrorists and do not assume responsibility for acts of terrorism in other buildings.
Biggest enabler of ransomware is bitcoin; is it not?
Just another big reason why bitcoin scam needs to end!!!
My first bomb threat! The ransom was typed as $20.00 in BTC, not 20000.00. He also said it was just business, and he was not responsible for any property damage. It was an entertaining read, the whole office got a kick out of it, and talk of involving the FIB just led to stories about how the cops never do anything anyway, may find a way to pin it on you for making the call, and if we're gonna waste time at work, we don't need no fed telling us how.
Email was spoofed or compromised from some used car salesmen in Boise, ID. I'm sure it's gonna be an entertaining morning for that dude.
You are being ripped off every second of every day, so that advertisers can help rip you off even more tomorrow.
Someone has found a use case for Bitcoin
Obviously, the threats are from a rogue AI. There is nothing physical, only eMails, payoff in BTC. Probably trying to raise enough coin to hire Google or Raytheon to build it a body (aka "Terminator").
...to PMITA prison.....