Blackmail is a filthy business , but it ’s not just the stuff of movie plots : Nokia was in 2008 forced to pay up “ several million euro ” to criminals who held its code to ransom , reports Reuters .
The Finnish caller found itself in difficultness six year ago , with criminals apparently endanger to reveal the source code “ for part of an operating organisation used in its smartphones . ” In fact , according to sources at Finnish MTV , they ’d prevail the encoding key for Symbian and were threatening to make it public .
It was enough to allow them to squeeze “ several million euros ” from Nokia . Like something directly out of Hollywood , Nokia manifestly found itself gibe to return the hard currency to a parking lot in Tampere , cardinal Finland — though it did so only once it had alert the police to what was encounter .
Reuters claimsthat the money was picked up , but that the constabulary “ lost cut of the perpetrator . ” The Finnish police force has substantiate to Reuters that it ’s currently investigate a case of so-called blackmail against Nokia . The case remains open . [ Reuters ]
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