Israeli Insurance Company Shirbit Gets Hacked, Criminals Demand Ransom in Bitcoin
An Israeli insurance company Shirbit was attacked by the Black Shadow hacker group earlier this week. The criminals are now demanding a $4 million ransom in Bitcoin.
Bitcoin (BTC) is a digital currency created in 2009 by an unknown person using the alias Satoshi Nakamoto. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer Bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries. Transactions are verified by network nodes through cryptography and recorded in a publicly distributed ledger called a blockchain
An Israeli insurance company Shirbit was attacked by the Black Shadow hacker group earlier this week. The criminals are now demanding a $4 million ransom in Bitcoin.
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