Hints and tips:
...Cryptocurrencies have become a payment method of choice for cyber criminals including thieves as well as ransomware attacks that encrypt victims’ data until a ransom is paid, typically in bitcoin....
...Dyal believed the two firms were mistaken in understanding their legal contracts, or, more nefariously, were simply trying to extract a ransom....
...When Somali pirates ransom a ship, they demand that the ransom money be parachuted to them in dollars. As the Wall Street Journal has put it, “In the black market, the dollar still rules.”...
...Today’s bands of pirates plaguing the Gulf of Aden are also driven by the lure of ransom money....
...The Wednesday after the theft, England’s football association received a parcel containing the top of the missing cup and a ransom note....
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