NIO founder responds to data leak incident: I am against Bitcoin, even if the company goes bankrupt, I will not compromise

ChainCatcher news, at today's NIO DAY 2022 media face-to-face, NIO CEO Li Bin stated that NIO can indeed do better. This data is from before August last year and is not related to recent hacker attacks. A report has been filed, and communication with regulatory authorities has been initiated immediately. He expressed great indignation at such incidents. He said: "I oppose Bitcoin, as it makes such ransomware incidents very easy, and reaching a compromise would set a very bad precedent. The losses incurred by users will be held accountable, even if the company goes bankrupt, we will not compromise."

Previously, NIO's Chief Information Security Scientist and Head of the Information Security Committee, Lu Long, announced on December 20 in the official NIO community that on December 11, 2022, NIO received an external email claiming to possess internal NIO data and demanding a ransom of 2.25 million dollars in equivalent Bitcoin for the leaked data. (Source link)