Hackers and cyber criminals are motivated by status or money and finding new innovative and more creative attacks to achieve this. A hacker – who is the operator of a biggest botnet malware network in the Israel, has threatens 3 major Israeli banks, i.e. Israel Discount Bank, Bank Yahav and the First International Bank of Israel. The hacker has demanded the payoff in Bitcoin, a untraceable virtual currency. Bitcoin is not backed by any central bank or government and can be transferred “” between any two people anywhere.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2013/12/hacker-Israeli-Bank-botnet-malware-extortion-bitcoin.html