Rebound does not change the volatile decline. Bitcoin extortion case occurs again

According to FX168, the price of Bitcoin rebounded mildly in the Asian session on Tuesday (February 16), but the recent volatile decline pattern has not changed.

The quotes released by BITSTAMP show that Bitcoin/ US dollar (XBT/USD) fluctuated and fell from around 400 to around 394 yesterday, and rebounded mildly to around 398 in the Asian session of this trading day.

(Bitcoin/USD time-sharing chart source: Bloomberg, FX168 Financial Network)

The quotes released by KRAKEN showed that Bitcoin/ Euro (XBT/EUR) fluctuated and fell from around 364 to below 354 yesterday, and rebounded mildly to around 358 in the Asian session of this trading day.

(Bitcoin/Euro time-sharing chart source: Bloomberg, FX168 Financial Network)

The quotes released by Huobi.com show that Bitcoin/ CNY fell from 2796 to around 2705 yesterday, and rebounded slightly to 2725 in the Asian session of this trading day.

(Bitcoin/RMB 30-minute chart source: Huobi.com)

According to foreign media theverge, a hospital in Los Angeles suffered a cyber attack and the hospital network was hijacked by ransomware. The hacker demanded 9,000 bitcoins (about 3.6 million US dollars) from the hospital to unlock the network.

The incident happened in early February, but the entire hospital was asked to remain silent, so news has only recently been leaked. Currently, the local police and the FBI have intervened in the investigation and have asked a professional network forensics company to assist.

Since the hospital's intranet is no longer available, hospital staff need to connect to other hospital networks to continue working. However, many functions that originally relied on computers have "degenerated" to their original state: using paper and pen to record patient information, using fax to communicate with other departments, and patients need to come to the hospital in person to receive physical examination results that could have been sent by email.

At 12:47 Beijing time on February 16, Bitcoin/USD was 398.09, Bitcoin/Euro was 357.20, and Bitcoin/ RMB was 2722.13.