Tether official encountered blackmail: will not pay the ransom and has reported the forged documents to law enforcement agencies

Tether official encountered blackmail: will not pay the ransom and has reported the forged documents to law enforcement agencies

Tether officials have just tweeted that forged documents allegedly "between Tether personnel and representatives of Deltec Bank & Trust and other institutions" are circulating online. In addition, Tether officials also received a ransom demand today to send 500 BTC to bc1qa9f60pved3w3w0p7snpxlnh5t4uj95vxn797a7. The sender said that unless they receive Bitcoin by tomorrow , they will leak documents to the public to "destroy the Bitcoin ecosystem." Tether said it would not pay the ransom. And remind customers, employees and the crypto community to remain vigilant and operate safely. Tether said it has reported the forged communications and related ransom demands to law enforcement.

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