A new extortion scam targeting website owners serving banner ads through Google (NASDAQ:)’s AdSense program has begun circulating the Internet. The malicious scheme demands (BTC) in exchange for preventing an attack, which would purportedly lead to the users’ AdSense account suspension.
The email-based extortion scheme was reported by security news and investigation blog KrebsOnSecurity, on Feb. 17. The blog post detailed that some site owners received a message as their site had been spotted by the malicious program as one seeking revenue from publishing an ad. The message ostensibly read:
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