British police seized hacker 667 thousand dollars in bitcoins
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In mid-April, an unknown hacker 150 thousand dollars in the cryptocurrency with the most popular wallet for storing the Broadcast MyEtherWallet. The company then said that the attacker used the vulnerability in DNS servers. Now, London police arrested one of the most famous hackers of Grant West. He made attacks on more than 100 companies, most of which are associated with cryptocurrency. About it writes .
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During search in the house of the West, the police found wallets, which store bitcoins for a total amount of 500 thousand pounds (about 667 thousand dollars). According to investigators, the attacker took orders on the darknet, and a fee for his work, he took the coins.
Authorities believe that the seized funds are only the tip of the iceberg: in reality, the hacker has earned several times more. In particular, West broke into Sainsbury’s, Uber, Groupon, Coral Betting, T Mobile, the British Cardiovascular Society, Mighty Deals Limited and other companies.
the Court sentenced West to 10 years and 8 months in prison for fraud with cryptocurrency. The guilt, the hacker denies.
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