Re:Database of 9.3M Healthcare Patient Records Breached
by hNewsLover99 on Thursday June 30, 2016 @07:39PM
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"The database is being sold for 750BTC..."
Once again Bitcoin is the "getaway car" of choice for hackers and ransomware extortionists around the world.*
Where are all the Bitcoin fans when this happens? Probably reassuring themselves with, "Untraceability isn't a horrific crime-facilitating flaw; it's a feature."
At least good old currency bills had serial numbers on them...
Once again Bitcoin is the "getaway car" of choice for hackers and ransomware extortionists around the world.*
Where are all the Bitcoin fans when this happens? Probably reassuring themselves with, "Untraceability isn't a horrific crime-facilitating flaw; it's a feature."
At least good old currency bills had serial numbers on them...
* Just a few other examples:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/16/04/26/1357238/businesses-pa...
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/06/13/2211221/new-device-s...
https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/06/12/082234/ransomware-t...