A new wave of fake murder messages that started on the Internet caught the attention of the FBI. FBI announced that Bitcoin was also used in these messages.
The incident of taking money from many people on the Internet by threatening fake events is a very common thing.. The most basic way hackers use to do this is to send e-mails containing fake information.. Another incident that has increased recently is that the hacker threatens to pay the targeted person with Bitcoin…
Pay with Bitcoin, Or Your Child Will Die (!)
The fact that these e-mails on the subject are A woman who was the victim of a victim shared her experience with the media. “I got an e-mail. Email me ‘I’ll cut it short, I got orders to kill you. Your only chance to get out of here is if you pay me $2,800 in Bitcoin.’.”
The woman who had a bad experience added to her speech:
“I’m sure nobody followed me back then.. However, when I received the e-mail, I suddenly found myself looking around.. Does anyone look suspicious? I was constantly asking myself. I was constantly inspecting cars.”
The Matter Devolved to the FBI
Many people think that the number of people who experience such incidents is very small, but it really isn’t.. Especially in the United States, many people experience similar events.. The unfortunate woman mentioned above, on the other hand, contacted the FBI Cybercrime Center after the incident.. FBI agent Laura Eimiller said in a statement on the subject:
“We receive almost 800 such reports a day.. At least 15% of these fake threats are unfortunately true. That’s why close monitoring is required.. There are no specific risk factors here either.. If you are using the internet, you are under such a threat.. There has been a significant increase in the number of Bitcoin-based threats, especially with the recent popularity of cryptocurrencies.. If even one of the thousand people they threaten sends them money, it will be profitable for them.. ‘Cause they don’t do a job anyway. Everything means profit to them.”
Among the people who are threatened by email and paid money, there are also a considerable number of educated people.. Especially the malicious people who do these things have developed themselves so much that this is not like the messages we used to see, if you don’t send it to 10 people, you will die. In addition, seeing such a death threat in your inbox naturally makes many people fear.
Unfortunately, the abuse of the internet, which connects the whole world and revolutionizes our lives by facilitating communication between societies, is unfortunately very high.. If one day you receive such a threat, the first thing you should do is to contact the Cybercrime Bureau.
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