Oke, ngakho-ke bheka lokhu: indoda eneminyaka engu-22, u-Evan Tangeman, kukholakala ukuthi ibingemuva kokuwasha imali enkulu engaba ngu-$263 million etholwe ngokwebiwa nge-crypto. Umsebenzi wayo kwakuwukuguqula leyo mali yedijithali ibe yimali eqandisiwe, elukhuni—kuphinde kusekelwe amathebhu amakhulu angangesigidi esinguhhafu sedola enkabeni yasebusuku (nightclub)—okwakuwumsangano weqembu lakhe. Lokhu kwakungesikho isenzo sezigelekeqe ezifihlekile (cartel); kwakungumfana nje.
Wayenama-alias afana no-E, Tate, no-Evan|Exchanger online, enza njengomgudu oyinhloko wokuguqula inzuzo etholwe ngokungekho emthethweni. Yonke inqubo yayihleleke kahle kakhulu, yaphumelela ukweba okungaphezulu kwengxenye yekota yebhiliyoni (quarter-billion dollars), konke ngokusebenzisa ubuhlakani obuthuthukile bokuxhaphaza abantu ngokukhohlisa (social engineering).
Sikhuluma ngama-database aqhunyelwe, ukwenza ucingo lokusekela olukhohlisayo lwe-tech ukuze umuntu akholwe, futhi ngisho nokungena ngokomzimba ukuze kwebiwe ama-hardware wallets. Okumangalisayo ukuthi iningi kwalabo ababebandakanyekile kwakungabafana/ intsha nje, akukho noyedwa owayenayo imisebenzi evamile.
Lokhu kugqamisa kakhulu isilingo esimnyama semali esheshayo ku-crypto, nokuthi la maqembu amancane angaba yinkimbinkimbi ngendlela esabekayo—ngisho noma kuwokwenza okungekho emthethweni. Futhi kuwumfanekiso ocacile wesikhumbuzo esiqinile mayelana nokuvikeleka kwedijithali kwempahla enamavelu aphezulu njenge-
$BTC and
$ETH .
Lolu hambo lonke lukhombisa umzabalazo oqhubekayo wokulwa nabahlaseli abazinikele (determined criminals) emkhakheni wempahla yedijithali—ngisho nalabo ababukeka sengathi basaqala nje.
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