{"id":251886,"date":"2020-02-24T07:47:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T12:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=251886"},"modified":"2020-07-17T11:07:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T15:07:37","slug":"bitcoin-cash-sim-hack-rumor-sparks-online-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/bitcoin-cash-sim-hack-rumor-sparks-online-debate","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Cash SIM Hack Rumor Sparks Online Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"
A new story about an alleged crypto SIM hack is making its rounds across the internet, and it seems to be sparking more conspiracy theories than facts.\u00a0<\/span>The story in question comes from a now-deleted post on Internet forum Reddit, where it was explained that a Chinese cryptocurrency investor lost up to $30 million in Bitcoin Cash and $14.4 million in Bitcoin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The original report explained that the investor\u2019s SIM card was hacked, and the alleged victim decided to beg BCH miners to help track the transactions. The post was deleted not long after it was originally published. Unfortunately, the internet never forgets. The post was picked up by Dovey Wan, a Chinese blockchain insider and head of Primitive Ventures.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In a\u00a0<\/span>series of tweets<\/span><\/a>, Wan explained pretty much what was in the Reddit post, inclusive of her opinions on the matter. She confirmed that keeping so much in cryptocurrency was a \u201cstupid move \u201cin the first place, while also adding details in real-time that the hacker seemed to have been moving the money stolen into a mixer to conceal their identity and the source of their funds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n BREAKING<\/p>\n 1M $BCH<\/a> sim hack!! worth $30M from 1 single Chinese whale (he claimed lost $15M $BTC<\/a> too) He's now asking for help from miners ..I'm talking with top BCH pool owners on this OMFG<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n BCH address :qzumak2rvxksjgkjuxe2fe5jxatktlsnhy5sthr5p7<\/p>\n THIS IS REALLY BRUTAL pic.twitter.com\/19XM3w5BL7<\/a><\/p>\n — Dovey "Rug the fiat" Wan (hiring) (@DoveyWan) February 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nOnline Sources Pick Up an unverified Story\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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