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Title: 2012-09-05 scpr.org - Mitt Romney's tax returns being held hostage for $1 milli Post by: julz on September 06, 2012, 12:43:26 AM Quote Mitt Romney's tax returns being held hostage for $1 million in...Bitcoin?! Matthew DeBord 2012-09-05 http://www.scpr.org/blogs/economy/2012/09/05/9735/mitt-romneys-tax-returns-being-held-hostage-1-mill/ Apparently, this is legitimate enough to invite the attention of the Secret Service. ... I've written quite a bit about Bitcoin and this is the first time I've ever heard of the cybercurrency being involved with blackmail. ... But holding the world's most coveted tax returns hostage for...one million dollars? This is new territory for the cybercurrency. Obviously, it could all be a publicity stunt of some sort. ... Title: Re: 2012-09-05 scpr.org - Mitt Romney's tax returns being held hostage for $1 milli Post by: nimda on September 06, 2012, 12:47:59 AM Quote Obviously, it is all publicity stunt; the "hackers" have released no actual proof; the secret service is idiotic for going after a pastebin post. Title: Re: 2012-09-05 scpr.org - Mitt Romney's tax returns being held hostage for $1 milli Post by: deadserious on September 06, 2012, 02:43:19 AM 20k BTC were just purchased on Mt. Gox causing the price to jump over $11. If that happens a few more times, it could be Romney paying them off!
lol Title: Re: 2012-09-05 scpr.org - Mitt Romney's tax returns being held hostage for $1 milli Post by: Stephen Gornick on September 06, 2012, 06:28:24 AM Quote This is the first time I've ever heard of the cybercurrency being involved with blackmail. TIL: The difference between blackmail and extortion. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmail Incidentally, the author (Matthew DeBord) gave a talk on Bitcoin this past summer which I had attended (at the Karl Hess supper club/agorism meetup group in L.A.). Matthew has written previously about bitcoin, including trading it (as experiment): - http://www.scpr.org/blogs/economy/tagged/bitcoin/ |