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Tracking a Bitcoin Thief

Posted by samzenpus on from the naming-names dept.

An anonymous reader writes A small group of researchers were able to publish an investigative report on the hacking of a popular Bitcoin exchange earlier this year by the name of CryptoRush.in. Close to a million dollars stolen in crypto currency lead the group to discover evidence, track down the attacker and put together a timeline of what exactly happened. A captivating read for a community desensitized by thefts, hackings and lack of reporting. With pictures, and logs to prove it all.

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  1. Criminals are dumb by radarskiy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Steal a million dollars... in a perfectly traceable currency where every transaction is public.

  2. Re:Pictures and Logs Prove What Exactly? by PRMan · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Blockchain can't be faked. Everyone has a copy.

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    Peter predicted that you would "deliberately forget" creation 2000 years ago...
  3. Amateur hour by kharchenko · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whipping up a few lame PHP scripts, leaving all the logs, using real name, your own static IP and a personal Dropbox account?! Is that what cuts for a hacker these days? With a million dollar payoff? I am starting to think I am not optimizing my earnings potential :)