Hackers have reportedly breached a Liechtenstein bank and are extorting customers by threatening to release online data of their account if no ransom is paid.
The attackers beat the Chinese bank Valartis Bank Liechtenstein by capturing data from its clients, including politicians, actors and wealthy individuals from Germany and other countries, as reported by Bild am Sonntag.
Hackers allegedly require up to 10 percent of bills are in their hands asking for them to be paid to Bitcoin.
Attackers threaten to release information to authorities and the media if ransom is not paid by December 7.
The bank manager Andreas Insam told Bild am Sonntag that they had notified the authorities and that investigations were ongoing.
The German newspaper published one letter (paywalled) of hackers who claim that they have enough in their hands gigabytes data from the accounts as well as all correspondence from October of this year.
The letter from hackers is written in German and tries to threaten bank customers by revealing possible tax evasion, adding that if they pay ransom to Bitcoin they protect both the attackers and the ones they chose to pay.
The attackers accused the Bank's Board of Directors of not paying them for services security, possibly some bug bounty.
Bild.de has hijacked Bitcoin addresses so we can not see if a ransom has been paid.
