Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.
On June 18,2019, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced it had initiated a civil enforcement action against a now-defunct cryptocurrency trading and investment company for misappropriating $147 million worth of Bitcoin. The Complaint charges the defendants—Control-Finance Limited and its principal, Benjamin Reynolds—with exploiting public enthusiasm for crypto assets by fraudulently obtaining and misappropriating at least 22,858.822 Bitcoin from more than 1,000 customers through a classic (HYIP) Ponzi scheme called the Control-Finance Affiliate Program. Attack method (per SlowMist): Scam. Reported loss: 22,858.822 BTC.
- chain
- bitcoin
- protocol
- Control-Finance
- bug_class
- rug
- date_occurred
- 2017-09-10
- loss_usd
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- source_id
- sm:control-finance::2017-09-10