Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Kermit1 not that I’m aware.

@Eel Ah, so I miss remembered then.

Someone hacked my dads email and sent him a ransom email saying they would destroy his business if he doesn’t pay them 3,000 dollars in bitcoin.I don’t know if I should be posting this here, but I am stressed out and can’t do anything about it.

@blindsquarel Did he call the police? and or Google? If it's Gmail Google might help. idk.

Did he try changing his password?

@Kermit1
He’s reporting it to the police right now, and it is a yahoo email. He’s already recovered the email, but they alllegedly have all the data from the company’s website. At this point I am just hoping nothing bad happens.

Kinda confused why they would want bitcoin considering the market for that recently crashed.( probably shouldn’t joke about it, but I am stressed.)

@blindsquarel Kinda odd how most ransoms these days want Bitcoin.

I'm sure everything will turn out fine, depending on who is doing the ransom I'd say be careful with all your accounts and passwords.

@Eagly So fingerprint-less money

@Eagly It's not surprising. I've talked to my mom about how dumb NFT's and stuff are.

@Kermit1 @Eagly
Well, he got the email back and was able to get the hacker out of his account. The police were called, so now it’s just a waiting game to see what happens. Hopefully nothing comes of it and they were just using it as a scare tactic.

@blindsquarel That's good.

What kind of business is it if you don't mind me asking? (digital or in-person)

@Eagly... Seth Green apparently

@Eagly I love that his Twitter pic is Oscar The Grouch.

@Kermit1
It’s a construction business. It’s kinda on its last leg anyway. ( not because it is failing, my grandpa is about to retire and my dad wants to move to something else) it looks like everything is going to work out though.

@Snatcher He makes a great monster too!

(Funnily enough, I never got too into Ed, Edd, & Eddy back in the day, but I find the show more entertaining these days.)

@MarioLover92 Owls are beautiful animals; as mentioned earlier in the thread, I like birds of prey in general. Some four legged animals trump them in my book though. XD I'm not sure what causes the crashing; you'd think a bad download, but most of my retail games are physical. My copy of MK8D is one of the exceptions, but so far no issues.

@blindsquarel Do not panic. It's possibly a bluff trying to get your family to pay money. It was right to get the police involved in case there are actual compromised files (If this were a crypto attack...woof). However, if it's just the email, do not respond. 1. That lets them know the email address is actively used, 2. You'd possibly open yourself to more harassment or spam by responding, and 3. Never pay something like that. As mentioned, the exact reason Bitcoin is requested is due to how untraceable it is. The only problem with stuff like this is that the attacker(s) can be from about anywhere on the planet, and IP spoofing is very easy to do.

@blindsquarel That's good.

@Eagly Is this better lol

@Eagly My squirrel girl fanboy showed for a moment there lol.

@Eagly she beat the whole universe twice and deadpool

@Eagly I thought Squirrel Girl was getting a show. I'd like to see Squirrel Girl an OP there's so much to do with her and she doesn't always need to be ultra powerful all the time just write her so she likes helping people with smaller things and doesn't always want to help The Avengers.

Squirrel Girl is a perfect cameo character because she can be anywhere any time.

@Tyranexx
Thankfully everything looks to be fine. We were able to get him locked out of the accounts ( apparently he tried to get into my dads gmail after he was locked out of his other account.) and there wasn’t really any info on there that could do much for them. After reading the ransom note I kinda calmed down a little. It sounded like some guy just trying to see if he could find someone who would just pay him.