Reports Emerge of Extortionist's Targeting of Hal Finney
Another Wired interview has exposed the latest in what has shaped up to become the targeting of Bitcoin Bitcoin While some may still be wondering what is Bitcoin, who created Bitcoin, or how does Bitcoin work, one thing is certain: Bitcoin has changed the world.No one can remain indifferent to this revolutionary, decentralized, digital asset nor to its blockchain technology.In fact, we’ve gone a long way ever since a Florida resident Laszlo Hanyecz made BTC’s first official commercial transaction with a real company by trading 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 pizzas at his local Papa John’s.One could now argue that While some may still be wondering what is Bitcoin, who created Bitcoin, or how does Bitcoin work, one thing is certain: Bitcoin has changed the world.No one can remain indifferent to this revolutionary, decentralized, digital asset nor to its blockchain technology.In fact, we’ve gone a long way ever since a Florida resident Laszlo Hanyecz made BTC’s first official commercial transaction with a real company by trading 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 pizzas at his local Papa John’s.One could now argue that Read this Term's earliest adopters by extortionists.
Hal Finney, a prominent cryptographer, was one of Bitcoin's earliest adopters, reaching out to Satoshi Nakamoto Satoshi Nakamoto “Satoshi Nakamoto” is the alias of the mysterious person (or group of people) that are responsible for the creation and launch of Bitcoin back in 2009 and the authorship of the Bitcoin whitepaper, published in 2008. As such, Satoshi Nakamoto is also the entity who conceptualized and created the first-ever blockchain network. Nakamoto was the first to effectively solve the double-spending problem for digital currency using a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network. Nakamoto was active in the development of bi “Satoshi Nakamoto” is the alias of the mysterious person (or group of people) that are responsible for the creation and launch of Bitcoin back in 2009 and the authorship of the Bitcoin whitepaper, published in 2008. As such, Satoshi Nakamoto is also the entity who conceptualized and created the first-ever blockchain network. Nakamoto was the first to effectively solve the double-spending problem for digital currency using a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network. Nakamoto was active in the development of bi Read this Term when he first launched his creation. Finney died this past August after a five-year battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease.
But for a year, an extortionist had demanded from Finney 1000 BTC, worth roughly $400,000. One morning, the Finneys had to evacuate their home after a SWAT team was maliciously called to it, the caller saying he had just murdered two people and was about to kill himself.
FBI agents believe that Finney was just one of several victims of the extortionist. Roger Ver believes that he was targeted by the same individual who allegedly hacked into his e-mail account and demanded 37 BTC (worth approx. $20,000) under the threat of revealing Ver's personal information. Ver refused and put a 37 BTC bounty on the extortionist's head. On the Finney case, Ver said:
"The police have been devoting a huge amount of resources to track down peaceful people engaged in voluntary trade like Charlie Shrem and the operators of the Silk Road Market while evil hackers were busy terrorizing quadriplegic Hal Finney and his family."
It is not known if the blackmailer is the same person as the alleged hacker into Satoshi Nakamoto's e-mail account, offering to reveal secrets to the public for 25 BTC.
Another Wired interview has exposed the latest in what has shaped up to become the targeting of Bitcoin Bitcoin While some may still be wondering what is Bitcoin, who created Bitcoin, or how does Bitcoin work, one thing is certain: Bitcoin has changed the world.No one can remain indifferent to this revolutionary, decentralized, digital asset nor to its blockchain technology.In fact, we’ve gone a long way ever since a Florida resident Laszlo Hanyecz made BTC’s first official commercial transaction with a real company by trading 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 pizzas at his local Papa John’s.One could now argue that While some may still be wondering what is Bitcoin, who created Bitcoin, or how does Bitcoin work, one thing is certain: Bitcoin has changed the world.No one can remain indifferent to this revolutionary, decentralized, digital asset nor to its blockchain technology.In fact, we’ve gone a long way ever since a Florida resident Laszlo Hanyecz made BTC’s first official commercial transaction with a real company by trading 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 pizzas at his local Papa John’s.One could now argue that Read this Term's earliest adopters by extortionists.
Hal Finney, a prominent cryptographer, was one of Bitcoin's earliest adopters, reaching out to Satoshi Nakamoto Satoshi Nakamoto “Satoshi Nakamoto” is the alias of the mysterious person (or group of people) that are responsible for the creation and launch of Bitcoin back in 2009 and the authorship of the Bitcoin whitepaper, published in 2008. As such, Satoshi Nakamoto is also the entity who conceptualized and created the first-ever blockchain network. Nakamoto was the first to effectively solve the double-spending problem for digital currency using a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network. Nakamoto was active in the development of bi “Satoshi Nakamoto” is the alias of the mysterious person (or group of people) that are responsible for the creation and launch of Bitcoin back in 2009 and the authorship of the Bitcoin whitepaper, published in 2008. As such, Satoshi Nakamoto is also the entity who conceptualized and created the first-ever blockchain network. Nakamoto was the first to effectively solve the double-spending problem for digital currency using a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network. Nakamoto was active in the development of bi Read this Term when he first launched his creation. Finney died this past August after a five-year battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease.
But for a year, an extortionist had demanded from Finney 1000 BTC, worth roughly $400,000. One morning, the Finneys had to evacuate their home after a SWAT team was maliciously called to it, the caller saying he had just murdered two people and was about to kill himself.
FBI agents believe that Finney was just one of several victims of the extortionist. Roger Ver believes that he was targeted by the same individual who allegedly hacked into his e-mail account and demanded 37 BTC (worth approx. $20,000) under the threat of revealing Ver's personal information. Ver refused and put a 37 BTC bounty on the extortionist's head. On the Finney case, Ver said:
"The police have been devoting a huge amount of resources to track down peaceful people engaged in voluntary trade like Charlie Shrem and the operators of the Silk Road Market while evil hackers were busy terrorizing quadriplegic Hal Finney and his family."
It is not known if the blackmailer is the same person as the alleged hacker into Satoshi Nakamoto's e-mail account, offering to reveal secrets to the public for 25 BTC.