Hack history / 2021 / Hack or exploit
Gretchen Whitmer
Hack or exploit on Jan 11, 2021 · Ransomware
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
On January 11, the Michigan state police claimed that an anonymous person mailed death threats to Governor Gretchen Whitmer and employees of the state in an attempt to collect $2 million worth of Bitcoin. The letter said that unless the governor transfers more than $2 million in cryptocurrency to him before January 25, the state employee will die. A Michigan State Police spokesperson responded that the threat was not credible.
Details
- Date
- Jan 11, 2021
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Ransomware
- How in
- Other
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Gretchen Whitmer hack, Jan 11, 2021: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htbaee314e5b/ (data as of 2026-10-31).