Hacker Sends €10,000 in Stolen Bitcoin to Revolutionary Anti-ISIS Group
A hacker who claimed responsibility for the Hacking Team and Gamma Group breaches has sent €10,000 of stolen bitcoin to the autonomous region of Rojava in northern Syria, according to arstechnica.co.uk. Using the pseudonyms “Hack Back!” and “Phineas Phisher” and “@GammaGroupPR,” the hacker indicated an unwillingness to name the victims since there is hope of “a few orders of magnitude more on the way.” The hacker described Rojava as one of the most inspiring revolutionary projects in the world. Hard-To-Define Region. Rojava is not easy to define since the area neighbors a Kurdistan Workers....
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