Bitcoin Ransom

• Montreal police investigating bomb threats, demands for bitcoin payment

  The targeted businesses were in Ville Saint-Laurent, Rivière-des-Prairies, the Town of Mount Royal and Anjou, and police say nothing linked the companies to one another.

  Crime

  Dec 13, 2018
  
• Town of Midland paid 8 bitcoins to cybercriminals to decrypt servers: staff report

  The Town of Midland paid eight bitcoins to cybercriminals who held their systems ransom earlier this year, a staff report says.

  Crime

  Nov 28, 2018
  
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• Wasaga Beach pays cyber criminals thousands to regain access to town servers: staff report

  The Town of Wasaga Beach paid nearly $35,000 in Bitcoin to regain access to the town's servers which had been held ransom for seven weeks.

  Crime

  Jul 24, 2018
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• Fake kidnappers ‘spoofed’ their cellphone, then scammed their partner for a $10K ‘ransom’

  The scam bears a resemblance to the so-called “virtual kidnapping” scams that have prompted police warnings in recent months, but with a new twist.

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2018
• Ukraine kidnappers free cryptocurrency analyst after $1 million bitcoin ransom paid

  Pavel Lerner, a leading analyst and blockchain expert, was abducted by unknown masked people on Dec. 26, according to a statement by his company, EXMO Finance.

  Crime

  Dec 30, 2017