BitPay CEO Scammed for Over $1.8 Million in Bitcoin
The CEO of Bitcoin merchant services industry leader BitPay has suffered a phishing scam that cost the company 5,000 bitcoins or over US$1.8 million, reports the Atlanta Business Chronicle The scam occurred last December and the target was BitPay’s chief financial officer, Bryan Krohn. It all started when Krohn received an email, allegedly from an online digital currency publication looking for commentary on a document about the Bitcoin industry. This was an email sent from a hacker who had taken over a computer. The hacker sent Krohn to a website where Krohn is alleged to have given the....
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