Authorities release ransom letter, cyber threats

At least they were thoughtful enough to offer a payment plan: "Option one is a straight forward, no frills, payment plan - We are proposing that you have one calendar year to satisfy this arrangement between us. This proposal breaks down as follows: You, our client, accord and satisfy a complete transfer of 150.000 USD of Bitcoins (BTC) over a twelve calendar month period of time with your first transfer to be a twenty percent down- payment transfer of 30.000 USD of BTC to be made by the date and time of 2017-10-20 23:59 UTC. Follow-up transfers of 10.000 USD of BTC will be made by the end of each calendar month for the next twelve months, in order to accord and satisfy this proposed option."

News article: http://flatheadbeacon.com/2017/09/18/authorities-overseas-hackers-seeking-extort-community-cyber-threats/

The letter: http://1qb1ow3qfudf14kwjzalxq61.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Letter-with-redaction.pdf