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An Analysis of fear-based enriched extortion attacks
- ipython 7y agoFrom the article: > Consider what is happening: The attack was anonymous and the task was pretty simple: Send $800 to an address and nothing will happen. However if a person is motivated enough to find a Bitcoin source, put $800 into a bitcoin machine, learn how to use the bitcoin machine, and send that money based on a simple email, what else could you ask them to do? Obligatory Black Mirror reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shut_Up_and_Dance_(Black_Mirror) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shut_Up_and_Dance_(Black_Mirro...
- noassociation1 7y agoWow, $959,000? Why don't I try running one of those phishing campaigns myself sometime...
- strathmeyer 7y agoIn my opinion the most obvious thing about these scams is that they ask for an amount in USD not BTC which make me think any amount is enough.
- ohiovr 7y agoI get these messages now. Probably everyone will at somepoint. Its a problem big enough now that extortion's mention in the Revelation makes perfect sense.