Chinese hackers blackmailing MT4 brokers with DDoS attacks

May 25, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Chinese hackers blackmailing MT4 brokers with DDoS attacks - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that a number of both large and small Retail Forex brokers running MT4 have been the subject of successful DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks originating out of China. The hackers have apparently exploited a vulnerability in MT4, which is difficult to protect because of decryption. That has enabled the hackers to…

November 02, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Israeli cyber police arrest Bitcoin blackmail artist

In a swift action by Israeli police, a suspected extortionist from Mexico has been detained on arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv following an investigation which has brought allegations against a 34 year old man citing blackmail and extortion of millions of dollars in Bitcoin

December 20, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Active forex affiliates sentenced to 5+ years jail for blackmail

Piotr Smirnow and Patryk Surmacki, who have acted as affiliates for a variety of forex and binary brokers, jailed 5+ years in the UK for blackmail. Two Polish men, Piotr Smirnow and Patryk Surmacki, pleaded guilty yesterday in a UK court to blackmailing an online casino owner, and were each sentenced to 5 years and 4 months in jail. Smirnow…

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