Amazon Ring owners foil $400K Bitcoin extortion plot by removing batteries

The Next Web
By Matthew BeedhamDec 12, 2019, 5:50 am153 pts
Hackers will do anything to get their hands on Bitcoin. In Texas, US, extortionists managed to breach home security cameras to demand cryptocurrency from an unsuspecting couple. Tania Amador, a 28-year-old who lives in Grand Prarie just outside Dallas, gave a video to local news which reportedly showed that her…

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