fox news – Bitcoin’s value has shot up 1,000% this year When a pernicious internet virus swept through 150 countries in May this year, it claimed at least 200,000 victims by infecting computers across the world.Those targeted by the so-called ‘ransomware’ virus included French car plants, Chinese universities, Australian railways and, most worryingly for those in Britain, the NHS.The targets of the biggest-ever hacking attack of its kind had one thing in common: the ransom they were asked to hand over in order to regain access to their computer systems had to be paid in a little-known form of electronic money called Bitcoin.Each $300 payment had to be sent to a Bitcoin ‘address’ online.The hackers even included advice on the ‘best time’ to check if a payment had gone through
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