Canadian Bitcoin Exchange Loses $100k in Unorthodox Attack
Ontario-based bitcoin buying and selling service Canadian Bitcoins has revealed that it was the victim of an unusual attack last October that resulted in the loss of 149.94 BTC ($100,000). The Ottawa Citizen reports that an unidentified scammer contacted a technical support agent at its now former web hosting service, Granite Networks, claiming to be owner James Grant. Using only the owner's name, the thief was allegedly able to have the site reboot into recovery mode, allowing him to bypass all protections on the server. The media outlet indicates that it has obtained a text copy of the....
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