Hyundai Group office building in South Korea evacuated urgently due to bomb threat and Bitcoin ransom demand

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Golden Finance reports that on Friday, two buildings of Hyundai Group in South Korea were evacuated urgently due to a bomb threat. An anonymous caller demanded 13 Bitcoins as ransom in exchange for canceling the threatened attack. Special forces conducted a search of the buildings and ultimately found no explosives.

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