Blackmailers threaten Czech Republic with Ebola virus, demand ransom of one million euros in bitcoins

Vice News reports that anonymous blackmailers have threatened to spread the Ebola virus in the Czech Republic unless they receive 1 million euros worth of bitcoins, payable in three installments. They claim to have gotten hold of "biological material" from an infected patient in Liberia.

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Here, the Czech government is at least giving some attention to the blackmailers. Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka called them "hyenas" for exploiting the ongoing fear of the Ebola threat. Their demands were also broadcast on the country's top commercial TV station, TV Nova.

Two suspected cases of infection in the country have proven negative.