We received an extortion demand, displayed below. We get these types of threats from time to time, and unfortunately, the perpetrators are sometimes able to disrupt our operations briefly.
We will mitigate the damage from these attacks and block many of them entirely. There is absolutely ZERO risk to player funds, which we have totally segregated and are entirely out of reach from the bad guys.
We apologize for any inconvenience. We think it is important to keep our loyal players informed about why we are changing the tournament schedule, canceling some events, and why we may have connectivity issues over the next few days.
We will never pay a single chip to extortion, ever. We believe in the wisdom of our forefathers when faced with another group of pirates in the 18th century: “millions for defense, not one cent for tribute.” Paying blackmail only makes the problem worse for our site and for the internet at large. Whether its hours, days, weeks or months, we will improvise, adapt and overcome.
Your loyalty and continued support means the world to us, and we will work tirelessly to provide you with the highest quality bitcoin poker experience possible.
We will mitigate the damage from these attacks and block many of them entirely. There is absolutely ZERO risk to player funds, which we have totally segregated and are entirely out of reach from the bad guys.
We apologize for any inconvenience. We think it is important to keep our loyal players informed about why we are changing the tournament schedule, canceling some events, and why we may have connectivity issues over the next few days.
We will never pay a single chip to extortion, ever. We believe in the wisdom of our forefathers when faced with another group of pirates in the 18th century: “millions for defense, not one cent for tribute.” Paying blackmail only makes the problem worse for our site and for the internet at large. Whether its hours, days, weeks or months, we will improvise, adapt and overcome.
Your loyalty and continued support means the world to us, and we will work tirelessly to provide you with the highest quality bitcoin poker experience possible.
This whole war thing sucks, and all it does is help put out a bad name for Bitcoin. People already look at BTC like it's a scam and is only used for illegal purposes, and others have to keep screwing it up by doing MORE illegal things with it. It's sad what the community/system is becoming.
