Crypto Engineer Bravely Details Embarrassing $100,000 SIM-Hijack Bitcoin Theft

By CCN: SIM hijackers aiming to steal bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are getting bolder and more daring. No longer are they just going for the soft targets but are now even pursuing the technologically adept and sophisticated. One such victim is the engineering manager at cryptocurrency custodian BitGo, Sean Coonce. In a bold move, the blockchain engineer has publicly revealed that attackers stole bitcoin worth more than $100,000 from his Coinbase account. The attackers managed this over a period of 24 hours while carefully concealing any evidence that something was amiss. Coonce dubbed the incident which occurred last week the

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Source: https://www.ccn.com/100000-bitcoin-loss-bitgo-engineer-sim-hijacked

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