Famous investor hacked: $2 mln worth of crypto lost
Ian Balina, a famous cryptoinvestor and video blogger, announces in his Twitter that his Etherscan cryptocurrency wallet was hacked for at least 2 mln dollars.
He claims that hackers have got an access to his old email, which was listed as a recovery to his main Gmail. After that, the other Balina’s accounts were hacked as well as Evernote, where he kept text versions of his private keys as encrypted text files with wallet passwords. It allowed to transfer all the money to hackers’ accounts.
Crypto Family, I need you now more than ever. I ended today's live stream b/c I am being hacked. I'm not worried about the money. I learned my lesson. I only care about catching the hacker. Please email any information to ibalina88@gmail.com. Thank you all the support. $ETH $BTC
— Ian Balina (@DiaryofaMadeMan) April 16, 2018
This post of Balina raised suspicions among his 143 000 Twitter followers. This topic was quickly widespread and at the Bitcointalk topic there was a supposition that it was Balina’s way to avoid Tax Payments. 17th of April is the upcoming Tax Day in the USA and Twitter users have paid attention to a strange coincidence: the holder transferred almost all his funds into one wallet a week before being hacked. “Will an experienced trader and crypto holder do like this? It’s very suspicious,” one user wrote on Twitter.
Balina has denied such accusations and announced that he is cooperating with the investigation. According to him, specialists have been tracking token transfer to exchanges. The cryptoinvestor claims to be not so eager to get his money back as to catch thieves. Whatever it be, but the problem of security in the world of crypto investments is still relevant.
This is BS as well. Please stop. Because this hack is now a current criminal investigation, law enforcement have requested to keep some information private. https://t.co/kohLZ7OAs8
— Ian Balina (@DiaryofaMadeMan) April 17, 2018
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