Josh Jones

SIM card is hacked

Estimated loss

$45.00M

VERDICT —UNRATED

Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.

▰ METHOD

Undisclosed

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

Josh Jones, founder of Bitcoin Builder and Mt.Gox's second largest creditor, has had $45 million worth of digital currency stolen. Attack method (per SlowMist): SIM card is hacked. Reported loss: $45,000,000.

Primary source

https://www.thestar.com/ths/news/crime/2021/11/23/hamilton-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-theft.html ↗

Sourced from

slowmist

Technical record