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By Vijay Prabhu on DECEMBER 19, 2013 Hacking news, Security news

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In  what  is  the  biggest  ransom  note  of  this  year,  unknown  hacker  who  claim  to  have
stolen  a  whopping  3.7  million  user  names  and  passwords  from  some  of  the  biggest
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banks in Israel has asked for a ransom of a certain amount of Bitcoins.  The hacker has newsletter.

further  threatened  the  Banks(Discount,  Yahav  and  the  First  International  Bank  of
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Israel) that if they fail to deliver the Bitcoins within the designated time by end of next
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week, he/she will sell the user names and passwords, credit card numbers etc. to the
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The hacker has threatened three major Israeli banks, namely Discount, Yahav and the
First  International  Bank  of  Israel.    The  Hacker  sent  the  ransom  note  or  threat  to  the
above  banks  Hebrew  website  claims  that  he  set  up  a  botnet  network  in  Israel  that
enabled  the  hacking  of  customers’  computers,  giving  him  access  to  the  confidential
information  such  as  user  name,  passwords  and  credit  card  numbers.  The  hacker  has
claimed to have obtained information on 3.7 million bank customers of above banks.

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Though  the  banks  in  question  have  reported  the  issue  to  Israel  Police  and  Bank  of
Israel  but  supposedly  they  are  not  taking  the  threat  seriously.  When  questioned  about
the hacking. the banks declined to comment on the story but an Israeli banking official
said that, as of now, the banks do not view the threat as serious.

The only epic thing about this ransom note is the the demand for Bitcoins as ransom.
  Perhaps  the  hacker  is  not  news  attuned  and  does  not  know  that  the  Bitcoins  have
fallen more the 60% in value in last few weeks or may be it is a deliberate ruse to get
Bitcoins at a relatively cheaper value for sale in future. 

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