[2016-12-02] Customers of European Bank Under Attack From Bitcoin Hackers

[Vladdirescu87]

Valartis Bank Liechtenstein is reported to have been attacked by hackers demanding a ransom in Bitcoins.

According to a report from German media, hackers have attacked the Valartis e-banking system and stolen the bank’s customer information. Now the attackers are demanding a ransom of 10% of Valartis bank’s customers’ account balances in Bitcoin to be paid before December 7, 2016.
The e-mail from the hackers states:
"If you pay ten percent of your credit to us, the case will be closed without any consequences"

You can read more info here: https://coinidol.com/customers-of-valartis-bank-under-attack-from-bitcoin-hackers/

[OmegaStarScream]

They are saying "Bitcoin hackers" like If they were a group or an organization. It simply make no sense , If Ethereum ever becomes better then Bitcoin or have a higher value , hackers will probably switch. Hackers are simply looking for an untraceable method and Bitcoin happens to do the job since It's the most used and stable compared to other crypto currencies.

[1Referee]

I think it's more some sort of a joke than an actual real threat. What idiotic hacker(s) will demand 10% ransom of the entire customer balance being paid out in Bitcoin? Banks in Liechtenstein mostly have very wealthy customers where even a smaller bank can have a total customer balance of more than €15,000,000,000... It basically means that they demand €1,500,000,000 in Bitcoin ransom, lol! If the bank would buy up that much worth of Bitcoin (which they obviously won't), then it will give the price a massive bump where I even think the $1000 level will be reached easily.