NIO blackmailed for millions in Bitcoin by data-stealing hackers

Beijing, Dec 21 (Prensa Latina) Chinese authorities are currently investigating into NIO Inc. user and car-sales private data stealing and blackmail to recover them.

December 21, 2022
16:46

The government opened an investigation after receiving a complaint from the company and announced that hackers will be severely punished.

According to NIO, the stolen data belonged to several users and car sales made before August 2021.

Hackers warned about the stealing by email, blackmailing with 2.2 million bitcoins for the company to get data back.

NIO took measures to master cybersecurity, apologized to its users for the incident and assured that it will not give in to any blackmail.

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