Hackers demanded a million dollars from the site of sexual minorities

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Iranian-linked Black Shadow hacker group issued an ultimatum to the administrators of the LGBT dating site Atraf

The hacker group Black Shadow, which hacked the Israeli sex minority dating site Atraf, is demanding a million dollar ransom two days ago. Otherwise, Iranian-related hackers threaten to release the personal data of the site's users.

The hackers added that Atraf's database includes the data of a million people, chat conversations and everything that was on the site.

"If we receive a million dollars within 48 hours, we will not leak information or sell it to anyone," the hackers said in a statement.

According to Israeli media reports, some of the data from the site has already been published, and many have learned details about their friends, including email addresses, pseudonyms, correspondence, HIV status, city of residence and much more. This especially hurt people who hid their sexual orientation.

Recall that a group of Iranian hackers, calling themselves Black Shadow, reported on October 29 that they managed to break into the servers of the Israeli Internet company Cyberserve and paralyze their work.

 

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Almost $ 3 million in bitcoin confiscated from a British student​

British police have confiscated 48 bitcoins from a 17-year-old Lincolnshire resident - now it is approximately £ 2.1 million ($ 2.88 million), writes Lincolnshire Live.

In April 2020, a student created a copy of the Love2Shop website selling gift certificates. Then he bought ads on Google so that his site would appear in the SERPs above the original.

The victims entered their email addresses and credentials from Love2shop on the fake site, and then they were redirected to the legitimate one. With the help of this data, during the week of the existence of the fake site, the guy transferred other people's vouchers for £ 6.5 thousand to his Love2Shop account.

On a tip from one of the users, the owners of the real Love2shop began an investigation, but by that time the schoolboy had already deleted his site.
Later, during the investigation, the police found 12,000 credit card numbers and 197 PaypPal accounts on his computer.

The teenager's PayPal accounts, whose name has not been disclosed by court order, received £ 323,000 from January to March 2020. He used them to buy bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

According to the prosecutor, today the 48 bitcoins found on him, along with other coins, are valued at more than £ 2.1 million.

The minor was sentenced to 12 months of rehabilitation under constant supervision and 150 hours of community service. He pleaded guilty to money laundering and fraud. The assets were taken away from him as a profit received as a result of criminal acts.