Online blackmailer leaks hacked data
"I hate to inform you that your account has been hacked," said the e-mail, viewed by this reporter, from someone identified as Zilterio.
Webcertificate, a unit of electronic-payment company Ecount, was hacked Aug. 21, a representative said. Shortly afterward, the hacker, who also claimed to have stolen credit card numbers of 350,000 of the company's customers, contacted Philadelphia-based Ecount and tried to extort the company, said Matt Gillin, Ecount's chief executive. The caller demanded $45,000 in exchange for not disclosing the information.
The company refused to meet the demands, Gillin said.
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