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Quote from: seoincorporation on March 08, 2020, 11:22:12 AM

Long time since the last time i see this kind of attack. I didn't think it was a serious attack because the mails can be filtered, so, this kind of attack should be fixed from the server-side.

Seriously? Et tu, Brute?
It was a real mail, a physical package, a real bomb, not a hack!!!!!!

Quote from: rodskee on April 30, 2020, 04:03:15 AM

but this Mail bombing is unique because this was properly planned as the sender surely Knows the Victim.
If i were to receive this kind of mail?maybe i will sent Him Bitcoin than ruining my family.

Another one!
The victims were a bank and an electronic store, the bomber has said that it will send random packets till they pay up.
Bottom line, two months have passed, nobody was arrested, no bombs were mailed from February, so probably we will not hear anything about this from the officials so better to lock it up.

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Bitcoin is the easiest money the criminal or terrorist will demand as once it's in the wallet, no one can take that anymore, I would not be surprise if there is a kidnapping and the kidnappers would just ask a ransom in the form of crypto or bitcoin.

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The government should not give them bitcoin because if they do, others will do the same thing just to get bitcoin, there are so many cases happen something like that but they are asking for the real money, strangely those criminals are asking for bitcoin, it seems like they are really familiar on bitcoin but what if those crimes happen on a country that bitcoin is not really familiar, then ransom won't happen, I think the country that these crimes happen is a country that bitcoin is really known and familiar.

Good thing is that the government did not let the criminals receive bitcoin because that us the good thing to do.

Quote from: passwordnow on February 15, 2020, 02:55:14 PM

Damn!
This person is crazy, they really are going too far and doesn't care even if they harm people. This isn't the purpose of bitcoin, for blackmailing, not it's not for that.
I thought that it's just email blasting or email spamming but this is for real, a real bomb, small or not as long as it's hurting people this is truly wrong. He will be caught soon, I hope.

Well, it happens most of the time especially for those unfortunate people they tend to do some bad things just to get money and doing crimes is the easiest but dangerous thing to do to get money.

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Desperate people can do anything just to Gain money even how bad it can go,there are some news in past that a robbery forced entering a House of person who has Bitcoin and hitting Him just to get His private keys.
and there is also many cases connected to bitcoin crime .
but this Mail bombing is unique because this was properly planned as the sender surely Knows the Victim.
If i were to receive this kind of mail?maybe i will sent Him Bitcoin than ruining my family.

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Quote from: jhonjhon on February 16, 2020, 08:44:42 AM

This is how desperate this person is because he would go as far as bombings just to get the bitcoin he wanted. This type of action will only give a bad impression regarding bitcoins in the sense that other people would think bitcoin can make people crazy and do stupid things. I just wish he’ll get arrested, if he truly wants bitcoin he need to work for it and not disturb other people just for him to get one.

Totally agree, such actions can destroy BTC and Crypto market's image for a lot of people.

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Despite the fact that they have mentioned bitcoin or fiat individually, they seem to be a bit of a slime slime ball. I believe that this person has been imprisoned for quite some time and has been left behind in prisons, thousands of young people like to check the mail, and some dickheads in need of more bitcoin can actually hurt a touching child.

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Long time since the last time i see this kind of attack. I didn't think it was a serious attack because the mails can be filtered, so, this kind of attack should be fixed from the server-side.

It would be nice to know how much the hacker asks for this attack.

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Quote from: FlightyPouch on February 16, 2020, 10:00:11 AM

What is happening? They are that desperate to earn or get bitcoin? It is good that bitcoin is getting all over social media but I am not expecting that it will be this bad, even worse. As far as I know, there are no reports in the country that died because of that but someone was hospitalized because of the inhalation of the smoke on site. Take care, you guys.

It is not good when bitcoin gets this kind of attention, all this leads to is hastily made decisions by politicians that lead to incorrect regulation and rules that slow down growth and adoption.

And I hope they won't. It will be a mistake if they try to lay that regulations since the people here are the wrong ones and not the bitcoin that is just being used for terrorizing people. Though it is really possible for bitcoin to be regulated more strictly by the government is this stretched out.

Unfortunately these things get drafted hastily and look good as wins to a majority of people who don't know or care about bitcoin, they aren't going to be more informed and with all the negative press it is easy for a politician to demonize it and get a victory.

Any updates about this? What I want to know here is that what is his motive in this bombings. Is he planning to take down bitcoin and crypto currencies so that people would think negatively of it or he wants the government to totally ban it or make a strict regulation in using it? It is just annoying that a lot of people are trying their best to introduce bitcoin to the people and it is being destroyed just by this incident.

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He must be punished. Is someone already working on this case? The FBI or someone else?

It was in the Netherlands. The FBI is not a European organization.
If there's a bomb threat usually it's taken over by counter terrorists and all countries have units experienced in these matters. If he keeps sending these bombs he's going to get caught.

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I see what's happening here. Nothing has changed but the ransom.
Earlier, people used to do the same kind of crimes and ask for cash and gold and other luxuries and now it's bitcoin.
Criminals have got smart to ask for bitcoin as ransom since they know it's hard to track.
It's the duty of the cops to investigate the crime and look for the criminal. Paying the ransom will just invite other criminals to do the same.

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Quote from: plvbob0070 on February 15, 2020, 01:35:41 PM

It's a little alarming that they would really go that far just to ask for bitcoin.

It's not really about Bitcoin per se. On a fundamental level, they are just trying to extort money. Extortionists have engaged in countless similar schemes intent on extorting cash, like this one. Cases like this just prove the point that bitcoins are increasingly seen as real money now.

You actually have a point there. Bitcoin is increasingly being adopted at an amazing rate since 2017 and some criminals are now seeing the potential of Bitcoin in this kind of scenarios, though it isn't his lucky day because there's no way that the authorities will give to this demand. Just look how crazy what his doing is. What a crazy time we are in right now. I bet they are a group of notorious bombers and the same group who did the bombing in 2015 but different members.

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this is one proof that Bitcoin is really taking place in the scene and no wonder even Bomber are now getting into it.
we are near to see more of this kind to tell the world what is Bitcoin and how important this is for the whole world.

Because if even terrorist/bomber wants to accumulate this then why not simple people like them?

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I don't understand if they are pro-Bitcoin or anti-Bitcoin.

They are destroying the image Bitcoin has, not just Bitcoin but all of the cryptocurrencies as a whole. This is worse than being scammed out of your money or cryptocurrencies. The people will hate it and the government will obviously make a policy or limitations about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies for sure, I hope no one gets hurt from this.

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Didn't expect that some people would really go this low just to ask for free bitcoins. I know some people would do anything just for money but asking them Bitcoin, I don't see any reason for the police government to give him what he wants. But if I were him, I won't do that kind of act because it's useless. If he keeps on bombing mails then he'll just end up getting caught.

Quote from: kezinaur14 on February 17, 2020, 05:05:26 PM

I opened the thread expecting something slightly different, thought you were offering bombing services which made me go WTF? I was thankfully wrong hah

Lol. The title could also be interpreted in other ways. But you're right, thankfully not what you're expecting.

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Quote from: plvbob0070 on February 15, 2020, 01:35:41 PM

An anonymous person in Netherlands is bombing letters just to ask Bitcoin for him to stop what he's doing. This mailbomber wants Bitcoin and he won't stop unless he gets the Bitcoin payment he wants.

First bombing happens in Amsterdam when a worker tosses a package when he heard a hissing sound while arranging the mail. Fortunately no one got injured with the explosion. The second bombing happens less than an hour after the first bombing in Kerkrade. Although no one also got injured, there's a note asking for bitcoin to prevent further bombings.

With the investigation of the police, they said that both bombings are connected yet they have no link about the person who's exploding things up. They also haven't revealed the amount of Bitcoin the bomber was asking, but they're still doing further investigation.

This is also not the first time someone asked for Bitcoin in Netherlands. Almost the same incident happened last 2015, both were bombing things and asking for bitcoin.

Source:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/a-mailbomber-in-the-netherlands-wants-a-btc-payment-to-stop-blowing-things-up

It's a little alarming that they would really go that far just to ask for bitcoin. I don't think it's a big explosion but they can still hurt other people and they're damaging the image of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as well. I don't know why would they do that because obviously, the police won't just send them Bitcoin so the explosion would stop. Because if they will do that, then everyone might just do the same in order to receive bitcoin so they'll just keep on investigating until they caught the suspect.

PS: I'm gonna delete this if it was off-topic

I opened the thread expecting something slightly different, thought you were offering bombing services which made me go WTF? I was thankfully wrong hah

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Quote from: carlfebz2 on February 17, 2020, 12:39:42 PM

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interesting news . its my first time to read such news that a bomber ask for bitcoins . at first thought i think you are talking about mail ( email bombing or spam ) but after i open and read the thread i saw that it was a real life bomb . thats scary but why would they risk thier life when they can just give out what the bomber ask just for the safety of the people . money is only money and can easily be find but if the life is lost ,it cant be return anymore . also
, they can easily caught the criminal once they lend out the money .

Theres no such thing about caring peoples lives on criminals mind as long they do able to make or extract money then they wouldnt really care.
Also, it isnt easy for someone to be caught specially he do ask out Bitcoin ransom which means its hard to traced it up thats why the only way
to caught this criminal on act while placing those bombs.This is just an another day on these kind of news which will give another negativity
towards cryptocurrency.Its just sad to hear it out.

You may not like what I say, but the current situation is one of the facts that confirm that certain control over the cryptocurrency market and the provision of passport data by cryptocurrency users can have certain benefits not only for the state in order to receive its taxes, but also for society, to prevent criminal activity using cryptocurrency. The fact is that every police officer or detective will tell you that any criminal who forces you to pay a ransom for a hostage or for another crime very often gets caught when transferring or using this money. And if you use bitcoins or another cryptocurrency for this, then no one can practically catch the criminal.

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interesting news . its my first time to read such news that a bomber ask for bitcoins . at first thought i think you are talking about mail ( email bombing or spam ) but after i open and read the thread i saw that it was a real life bomb . thats scary but why would they risk thier life when they can just give out what the bomber ask just for the safety of the people . money is only money and can easily be find but if the life is lost ,it cant be return anymore . also
, they can easily caught the criminal once they lend out the money .

Theres no such thing about caring peoples lives on criminals mind as long they do able to make or extract money then they wouldnt really care.
Also, it isnt easy for someone to be caught specially he do ask out Bitcoin ransom which means its hard to traced it up thats why the only way
to caught this criminal on act while placing those bombs.This is just an another day on these kind of news which will give another negativity
towards cryptocurrency.Its just sad to hear it out.

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Quote from: plvbob0070 on February 15, 2020, 01:35:41 PM

An anonymous person in Netherlands is bombing letters just to ask Bitcoin for him to stop what he's doing. This mailbomber wants Bitcoin and he won't stop unless he gets the Bitcoin payment he wants.

First bombing happens in Amsterdam when a worker tosses a package when he heard a hissing sound while arranging the mail. Fortunately no one got injured with the explosion. The second bombing happens less than an hour after the first bombing in Kerkrade. Although no one also got injured, there's a note asking for bitcoin to prevent further bombings.

With the investigation of the police, they said that both bombings are connected yet they have no link about the person who's exploding things up. They also haven't revealed the amount of Bitcoin the bomber was asking, but they're still doing further investigation.

This is also not the first time someone asked for Bitcoin in Netherlands. Almost the same incident happened last 2015, both were bombing things and asking for bitcoin.

Source:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/a-mailbomber-in-the-netherlands-wants-a-btc-payment-to-stop-blowing-things-up

It's a little alarming that they would really go that far just to ask for bitcoin. I don't think it's a big explosion but they can still hurt other people and they're damaging the image of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as well. I don't know why would they do that because obviously, the police won't just send them Bitcoin so the explosion would stop. Because if they will do that, then everyone might just do the same in order to receive bitcoin so they'll just keep on investigating until they caught the suspect.

PS: I'm gonna delete this if it was off-topic

Though I don’t know who this person is but if I had to take a guess then I would suspect him to be a jobless youth who’s decided to take the easy way out, but I’m truly disappointed in the path that’s he’s chosen to earn bitcoins. Further this won’t effect bitcoin but it’ll definitely create panic around local residents, and which in turn may impact their tourism if this guy is not caught fast.

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Quote from: plvbob0070 on February 15, 2020, 01:35:41 PM

An anonymous person in Netherlands is bombing letters just to ask Bitcoin for him to stop what he's doing. This mailbomber wants Bitcoin and he won't stop unless he gets the Bitcoin payment he wants.

I am expecting the authorities to grab this asshole as soon as possible, since this is a mail bomb the source of these will be known by the authorities and it is a matter of time that they nab the criminal.

Quote from: plvbob0070 on February 15, 2020, 01:35:41 PM

First bombing happens in Amsterdam when a worker tosses a package when he heard a hissing sound while arranging the mail. Fortunately no one got injured with the explosion. The second bombing happens less than an hour after the first bombing in Kerkrade. Although no one also got injured, there's a note asking for bitcoin to prevent further bombings.

Criminals will always find a way to carry on these stupid schemes and now they are targeting bitcoin thinking that it is a safe option to get free money, glad to hear that no one is hurt till now and wish that the criminal will be behind bars soon.

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