{"id":4568,"date":"2018-01-29T20:29:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T20:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/?p=4568"},"modified":"2018-01-29T20:39:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T20:39:59","slug":"well-thats-just-made-my-day-dumber-a-vaguely-threatening-email-demanding-bitcoins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/01\/29\/well-thats-just-made-my-day-dumber-a-vaguely-threatening-email-demanding-bitcoins\/","title":{"rendered":"Well, that’s just made my day dumber: a vaguely threatening email demanding bitcoins"},"content":{"rendered":"
From: <dgerard@nym.hush.com>\r\nDate: 29 January 2018 at 11:38\r\nSubject: 0L\r\nTo: dgerard@gmail.com\r\n\r\n10 btc weekly or it's you, Crowley, and Wales first.\r\n\r\nSilence guaranteed. Non-negotiable. 24 hrs to fill.<\/pre>\n
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I guess this is my life now \u2014 nonsensical demands for bitcoins.<\/p>\n
I only know one Crowley<\/a> and one Wales<\/a>, and neither of them had any idea what this was about either.<\/p>\n
Let me assure you: if I had 10 BTC a week going spare, I wouldn’t be working a day job.<\/p>\n
Here’s the original message with full headers, if you’re unusually bored. Yes, I notified HushMail.<\/a><\/p>\n
Hacker photo<\/a> by chanpipat<\/a>. Hacker stock photos work better with the Shutterstock watermark intact, I think.<\/i><\/small><\/p>\n
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