ISIS militant Salah Abdeslam held by Spanish police for DUI weeks before Paris attacks

While an international manhunt is underway for Salah Abdeslam, one of the jihadists involved in the Paris terror attacks, it turns out he was stopped by Spanish police just weeks prior to the attacks.

As reported in the Catalan media, Abdeslam was stopped by traffic police and breathalyzed during a roadside check outside Figueres in Catalonia, close to the French border.

Reportedly the 26-year-old, who is of Belgian birth and French nationality, failed the breathalyzer test and was arrested for driving over the legal alcohol limit. Abdeslam's car was impounded, but was released several days later when he presented his documents and paid a fine.

Neither the Catalan regional police force, Mossos d’Esquadra, nor Spain’s interior ministry have confirmed the incident, but the Catalan newspaper says it has sources who confirmed Abdeslam was held. They reportedly recognized him from the police appeal poster put out after the Paris terror attacks.

The international manhunt for Salah Abdelslam was launched Sunday. He is one of three brothers who are believed to have been involved in the brutal and bloody attacks on Friday November 13, that claimed 130 lives in various venues in Paris.

Patreon members getting blackmailed: Ignore that email...

During October, the Patreon website was hacked and a whole load of information was downloaded by the nasty little hackers involved. Now the blackmailers have decided to get in touch?

We were reassured by Patreon at the time of the hack that everything was OK and it was suggested that we change our password - sort of like closing the barn door after the horse has escaped, but anyway, I did.

Now more than a month later a nasty little blackmailing email arrives in my inbox, reading as follows:

 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: sharingservices@aol.com 
 To: xxxxxx@yahoo.com ; xxxxx@ceafoundation.org ; xxxx@gmail.com 
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2015 1:54 PM 
Subject: Mia recommends - I will leak your identity 

Unfortunately your data was leaked in the recent hacking of the Patreon web site and I now have your information. I have your tax id, tax forms, SSN, DOB, Name, Address, Credit card details and more sensitive data. Now, I can go ahead and leak your details online which would damage your credit score like hell and would create a lot of problems for you. 

If you would like to prevent me from doing this then you need to send 1 bitcoin to the following BTC address. 

Bitcoin Address: 1QAQTyhCzAfvp8uLpneBNamWTNRR1hx9Cp 

You can buy bitcoins using online exchanges easily. The bitcoin address is unique to you. Sending bitcoin takes take, so you better get started right now, you have 48 hours in total. 

So I immediately went online and visited the Patreon site. No mention of any blackmail emails at that stage, so maybe I was the first? Anyway, I left a message in the help section of the site and have now finally received an email back. Apparently they have since heard from a lot of angry people, who also got the blackmail email.

Below is their response.  Basically we must just ignore the email - don't send any bitcoin to this nasty little character, whatever you do. Let's face it, he bears no relation to Mr Robot.  If anyone knows how to report the little bastard to Bitcoin, please go ahead!

Patreon Staff (Patreon)

Nov 21, 9:15 AM

Hey there,

Apologize for the blanket email but yet, we have received reports of emails being sent to many of the email addresses leaked in the breach, so you are not the only one who has received this threat.

Fortunately I can assure you that the person sending these emails is lying.

All tax forms are well protected because they are encrypted with RSA 2048-bit encryption. Additionally, tax forms are only required for US based creators that have earned more than $600 in a year, or non-US based creators who have received a payout from us.

Our system does not have access to your full credit card details, the only portion that gets passed to us is the last four digits of the number.

The unencrypted information that was leaked in the data breach does not present a risk to your credit score or identity theft. I suggest you report this email as spam and ignore any further emails. Do not send them bitcoin.

I'm sorry that you had to encounter this and I appreciate you sending it our way. Let me know if you have any additional questions.

Best,
Patreon

The only thing Patreon didn't reply about was my question about PayPal, which is how I support a musician on Patreon.

So there you go. If anyone has any more information, like, for e.g. whether the hacker can do something nasty with our PayPal accounts, please comment below.

Russian teacher blows up ATMs [Video]

So there was this 33-year-old Russian history teacher, who decided to make a little history of his own.

Captured for all the world to see on the CCTV cameras at various banks, the teacher makes a different kind of deposit into the ATMs, then blasts them to make what was probably a sizable withdrawal. It is unknown how much money he actually got away with, unfortunately.

Enjoy the video below....