VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
Root cause
Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.
Forensic narrative
The Hong Kong police arrested three men on suspicion of defrauding nearly 230,000 Hong Kong dollars (US$30,000) from Bitcoin ATMs. This is the first such case in Hong Kong. These exchanges suspect that criminals have used the “loopholes” of ATMs to withdraw cash without official authorization. Attack method (per SlowMist): Scam. Reported loss: $ 30,000.
Primary source
https://m.jiemian.com/article/4832187.html ↗Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- bitcoin
- protocol
- Bitcoin ATM
- bug_class
- rug
- date_occurred
- 2020-08-15
- loss_usd
- $30,000
- source_id
- sm:bitcoin-atm::2020-08-15
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