Submission + - Hackers donating stolen money to charity (bbc.com) 1
smooth wombat writes: In what could be considered a true Robin Hood story, hackers who have extorted millions from companies via ransomware have given some of that money to charity. From the story:
In the blog post on 13 October, the hackers claim they only target large profitable companies with their ransomware attacks. The attacks hold organisations' IT systems hostage until a ransom is paid.
They wrote: "We think that it's fair that some of the money the companies have paid will go to charity.
"No matter how bad you think our work is, we are pleased to know that we helped changed someone's life. Today we sended (sic) the first donations."
In both cases the two charities, Children International and The Water Project, have said if this is true, they will not be accepting the donations. Also, in both cases, the tax receipts for the donations were posted online to show the donation was legitimate. In this case, both donations were made via Bitcoin through The Giving Block, a service which is used by 67 non-profits around the world. The Giving Block describes itself online as "the only non-profit specific solution for accepting crypto-currency donations".
In the blog post on 13 October, the hackers claim they only target large profitable companies with their ransomware attacks. The attacks hold organisations' IT systems hostage until a ransom is paid.
They wrote: "We think that it's fair that some of the money the companies have paid will go to charity.
"No matter how bad you think our work is, we are pleased to know that we helped changed someone's life. Today we sended (sic) the first donations."
In both cases the two charities, Children International and The Water Project, have said if this is true, they will not be accepting the donations. Also, in both cases, the tax receipts for the donations were posted online to show the donation was legitimate. In this case, both donations were made via Bitcoin through The Giving Block, a service which is used by 67 non-profits around the world. The Giving Block describes itself online as "the only non-profit specific solution for accepting crypto-currency donations".
