Phony PBOC Email Sent to U.S. Media Aimed to Manipulate BTC Price

[jamie.redman1]

According to reports on Tuesday, a large quantity of U.S. media outlets were sent an email from an individual claiming to be a representative of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC). The message contained a phony invitation to a press conference between the media, the PBOC, and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and said it would “crack down” on all aspects of bitcoin services between mainland China and Hong Kong.

Interestingly enough there were only a few U.S. media outlets and blog sites that reported on this email. The cryptocurrency focused blogs Coin Idol and Coin Speaker, plus a few random people on Twitter, disclosed the ‘breaking news’ to the public. Then, the following day on February 7 the regional news publication the South China Morning Post (SCMP) revealed the email sent to the press was “bogus.” SCMP reports that the Hefei branch official’s email was compromised and he had no idea these emails were being sent to news publications and journalists.

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