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Bitcoin Whale Hacked, Losing $45 Million worth Of BTC And BCH To A SIM Swap Hacker

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Dissent

Dare Shonubi reports:

Earlier today, bitcoin Whale suspected to be twitter user, @zhoujianfu took to Reddit to alert the community that both his bitcoin and bitcoin cash wallets had been hacked and funds worth millions of dollars had been stolen. During the act, bitcoin worth $15 million and bitcoin cash worth of $30 million were altogether stolen.

Depressed by the situation, the victim, who supposedly is the founder of Dreamhost and also worked on bitcoinbuilder, begged the community of bitcoin miners for help while promising a substantial reward in the process.

Read more on CoinPedia.

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