If you are from UK or you are into BTC you surely heard of hackers who attacked NHS (hospitals mostly) in Uk with ransomware that encrypts HDDs and demands Bitcoin.
Ransomware called cryptolocker (and variations) that encrypts your whole HDD and demands BTC. Actually when you pay BTC - they give you key to unlock all lost data. Just this time this people attacked hospitals.. No comment on this.
Within a week they infected 200k machines but after tracking their BTC adresses - they made "only" 50k USD for this.
The news were top1 in UK and even CNBC International got on them
The virus/attack is called WannaCry and here are the tree wallets (if you wanna google or so).
https://blockchain.info/address/12t9YDPgwueZ9NyMgw519p7AA8isjr6SMwBitcoin
https://blockchain.info/address/13AM4VW2dhxYgXeQepoHkHSQuy6NgaEb94Bitcoin
https://blockchain.info/address/115p7UMMngoj1pMvkpHijcRdfJNXj6LrLnBitcoin
Current balances
Hackers stole new Movie and Want BTC to NOT Release It
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, newest movie will be released if Disney doesnt pay will be released.
Guess what this 2 news did to BTC?
Google searches for Bitcoin are going into ATH again.
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These people are trash.
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You do not know their motivations, so perhaps it is best not to pass judgement on them a this point.
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Attacking hospitals is pretty scummy.
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...Hmmm. Don't get any ideas fellow Steemians.
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Congratulations @kingscrown!
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This attack was a false flag used to criminalize Bitcoin. The ransomware was created by the NSA in the first place.
Remember that all governments work for the central banks and the central banks know that a lot of people on this planet realize that we are being held hostage by the central banks.
Bitcoin is something that is a direct threat to the central banks survival and they will stop at nothing to try and destroy it.
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Spot on!!,
Enough said.
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I said they will stop at nothing to try and destroy it, didn't say they would succeed. Even though we think that the crypto currency market cap is big, it aint. They have bigger things to worry about right now like keeping the world stock and bond markets afloat long enough to convince the world that it was a terrorist attack on our computers that caused they system to collapse....
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i absolutely agree, so given the nature of things i have been considering either shorting bitcoin or rolling out of the vxx and dumping all of it into ehteruem or tezos whch opens on the 22nd my thinking is that whatever action is taken will start at bitcoin and them work its way down so there is still quite a bit of money on the table, if the timing is correct.
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This massive hacking will give governments an excuse to shut down Bitcoin or regulate it into uselessness.
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Shut down bitcoin?
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Governments don't even know what hit them yet...
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Gov'ts could shut down bitcoin in an instant by shorting
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i don't think this will happen, this was not a bitcoin problem this is NSA and bitoin just happen to be the crypto used, if the hackers where smart and had 0 chance to find out they would have used DASH or XMR that is alot harder to track.
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Can it be some CIA shit? well but i guess its affecting only the big companies/corporate and rich men. Any idea on it? Had seen a few videos and red a few blogs of anonymous threatening to do something major, however noone has the right answer, its just a guess work.
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Just curious. Were hospital explicitly targeted or just "collateral damage"?
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History in the making school kids in the future will be learning about this in the classroom.
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It's interesting times we live in! Prepare and plan and with a lot of hope and some luck we will make it through this tough time! DR
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this makes you doubt the future of bitcoin since it's all digital, when the grid goes down so does bitcoin
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I wonder why the sudden interest in BTC, I guess it's because of the recent spike in the price of cryptocurrencies o_o
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wow I never imaging hackers targeting hospitals thats sad.
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False flag! This is exactly how the elites use false flags through the media to provoke the reaction that you just gave in your comment. Don't play into their game !
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yea I know theres good and bad hackers and in that case from the media I think it was the bad ones but you are right elites are the real terrorist on this planet.
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Personally I think this whole event is staged. Much more to come in my opinion and is the perfect way to collapse the banks and pension system and have the sympathy of everybody on the planet.
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yea Im sure of it, that theres more for them theres always more.
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Bitcoin was gaining steady all month until this news started to come out. Quite a shame. However not a bad time to buy a bit more and be ready for the next significant spike.
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With everything that has happened, I just question everything. Nothing seems to happen by accident. Could be a case to hurt bitcoin by generating negative reactions by targeting hospitals. Wouldn't put anything past governments these days.
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Low lifes.
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Bitcoin is money, and I'v never heard money be blamed for a criminal act before.
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https://blockchain.info/address/12t9YDPgwueZ9NyMgw519p7AA8isjr6SMw
https://blockchain.info/address/13AM4VW2dhxYgXeQepoHkHSQuy6NgaEb94
https://blockchain.info/address/115p7UMMngoj1pMvkpHijcRdfJNXj6LrLn
Judging by the amounts extorted , this is a very minor hack.
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I personally think that they intend to hold onto the BTC until it tends to be a lot, given the issue that BTC grows exponentially
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Its a shame but " any press is good press".
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It was probably charlie shrem. Dude, thanks for promoting bitcoin at all costs, but hospitals, really?
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Thats virtual hostage, how do you know what special needs one needs without data, its a barrel of a gun pointed to their heads without measurement of dosage they are vulnerable. Virtual realm hostage reality realm massacre!
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Maybe it was just a test to see if they would succeed
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Hackers will try to grab anything material , most of them are young kids with some knowledge and hormones !! @kingscrown thank you for the post !
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I think it's a short term pain, Bitcoin will come back on track in a few days. People who think that Governments can ban bitcoin are mistaken. Bitcoin is here to stay fellas, so stay clam and carry on buying bitcoins.
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At least the hackers are informed to what is valuable. Really can't think of anything else positive about those clowns!
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Those people are so crazy to be doing this. Hope they beat them to their own game
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Use case for bitcoin.
:/
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WannaCry virus could make the student
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The war is on and it will last for decades, between the Banking system and the Blockchain.. Whole world knows who is going to win the war... the faster people open their eyes, the lesser the damage and the greater benefits... High time for decentralisation. Enough of fooling around with regulations.
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These people are bums
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Bitcoin was rising too fast,so the Big Boys had to step in to slam it down. Enormous amount of money started to flow into the Crypto market,like 2-3 Billion on a daily basis and that is a big no-no! They want you to use their worthless FIAT paper currency!
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You have to be very careful with these types of people
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This is the first ransomeware I've heard of that only accepts bitcoin as payment. All the others I've seen in the past wanted paypal and/or other types of payment. I smell a dieing bank.
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I don't believe this could even be called ransomware. The files are not stolen, they are scrambled and encrypted. This could go on for years since the US is one of the only countries that make IT security a priority and there is still the possibility of another mutation. Their point wasn't to get bitcoin, it was to exploit a vulnerability. One which blockchain could ultimately remedy for most systems. Unfortunately, updating security measures is not going to do the trick. The real shame here is the NSA should have told Microsoft about the vulnerability instead of keeping it in their arsenal for possible use at a later date. Followed and Esteemed :-)
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Hey Bro,
Good Stuff!
Follow me? https://steemit.com/@dnonomos
Just another BitCoin Collector.
Cheers! Upvoted your articles!
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