police pay ransom in btc

[KaChingCoinDev]

If this is legit, I find it hilarious. They pay a ransom in coins they believe isn't real money with tax-payers money...

[keyscore44]

Sounds a bit far-fetched but could be true, thought the hacker would have asked a lot more ransom after going through the hassle of hacking their computer.

[najzenmajsen]

Wait, what? Have they paid ransom with tax payers money?

The department felt it had no option but to pay up. Records show the department paid $606 in a money order, which included bank fees and surcharges, to a New York Bitcoin cafe.

I ain't no lawyer, but pretty sure that's not quite legal what they did.

Depends, if they see BTC as a Commodity not money they basically gave the hacker a pizza as reward.

Not money.

does that even matter  ?  a pizza costs money , and even the US see's bitcoins as money right?

[sherbyspark]

Wait, what? Have they paid ransom with tax payers money?

The department felt it had no option but to pay up. Records show the department paid $606 in a money order, which included bank fees and surcharges, to a New York Bitcoin cafe.

I ain't no lawyer, but pretty sure that's not quite legal what they did.

Even if they did,they would not claim to have done that for obvious reasons.
At times you do have to give up to ransom people , can't be helped, if you will suffer a bigger loss elsewise.

[networthsigns]

My local guy got this too ! but he had the back up of all his data and thus rendered the hack useless though he had to change alot of passwords

[tss]

haha.. sad to see cops paying ransom ware.