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Re: New pirates of the carribean hackers asking for BTC
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NeuroticFish
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16/05/2017, 13:37:46 UTC
Quote from: Arcteryx on May 16, 2017, 01:20:41 PM
There's one more thread on this:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1920215.0
You came second
Quote from: Drowzy on May 16, 2017, 01:34:36 PM
I doubt they will pay. Why pay? Its going to get pirated anyways. If these guys were real pirates they would have released it already.
"but said Disney had refused to pay and was working with federal investigators."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/16/pirates-of-the-caribbean-disney-hackers-ransom-new-film-online
Also "the extortionists threatened to release five minutes of the film and then 20-minute chunks unless a sizeable ransom was paid"