Bitcoin bandit
100 bitcoins disappeared
Li received and installed mining tools. On the evening of October 26, he was inced by Michael to put 100 bitcoins in his wallet. However, when the bitcoin in the E-wallet just reached 100, it suddenly disappeared. Li suddenly panic God, and then contact Michael, the convenience of invisible disappeared
Li told reporters that at present, a bitcoin costs about 5000 or 6000 yuan, and 100 bitcoins are worth 500000 or 600000 yuan. Afterwards, Li reported the case to the police. However, to Li's disappointment, because bitcoin is a virtual currency, there is no relevant domestic law to regulate and protect its transactions. The police did not file a case“ Now, this man named Michael is still active on the Internet. He's just taking advantage of the law. " Li told Anhui Business Daily
there is a Trojan horse in "mining tools"
How could Li's bitcoin disappear? 360 security engineer contacted him and tested Michael's "mining tool", and found that this tool is a very popular "bitcoin robber" Trojan horse this year. According to the analysis of 360 security center, most of the "bitcoin thieves" Trojans are disguised as mining tools, simplified wallets and other compressed files. Once a player is recruited, the Trojan will automatically search for bitcoin wallets and steal them through e-mail, hacker remote control and other means.
stolen
mark kalpler, chief executive of mt.gox, bowed his apology at a news conference held in Tokyo yesterday, saying that "the loss of bitcoin is e to a loophole in the company's system"
a lawyer for Mt. GOx said that almost all the bitcoins traded on the platform were stolen, including about 750000 bitcoins in the user's trading account and about 100000 bitcoins in Mt. GOx's own account. According to the trading on February 28, the loss is estimated to be about $467 million
according to media reports, mt.gox trading platform had more than 1 million accounts at its peak, mainly from customers outside Japan, including many users trading more than US $10000. Some bitcoin investors have rushed to Tokyo from overseas in an attempt to recover trading funds from Mt. GOx
on February 7, e to hacker attacks, mt.gox temporarily stopped the bitcoin extraction business, causing transaction confusion and user dissatisfaction. From the noon of February 25, users cannot log in to mt.gox trading platform. The home page of the website then pasted a "notice to customers" to suspend all transactions
Li, a native of Hefei, spent 140000 yuan to buy 124 bitcoins in October this year. Afterwards, Li joined some chat groups of bitcoin players to pay close attention to the bitcoin market. On October 22, a person named Michael in the group took the initiative to chat with Li and asked him if he was mining“ I won't, and I won't get any money. " Mr. Li replied. Michael repeatedly urged Li to have a try and sent him a "mining tool", claiming that he could use the tool to dig more bitcoin. In the subsequent chat, Michael constantly reminds Li to put bitcoin in his wallet, saying that the trading website is not safe“ From time to time, there are news that trading websites are closing down and running away. What he said is quite reasonable, so I believe him. " Li told Anhui Business Daily
100 bitcoins disappeared
Li received and installed mining tools. On the evening of October 26, he was inced by Michael to put 100 bitcoins in his wallet. However, when the bitcoin in the E-wallet just reached 100, it suddenly disappeared. Li suddenly panic God, and then contact Michael, the convenience of invisible disappeared
Li told reporters that at present, a bitcoin costs about 5000 or 6000 yuan, and 100 bitcoins are worth 500000 or 600000 yuan. Afterwards, Li reported the case to the police. However, to Li's disappointment, because bitcoin is a virtual currency, there is no relevant domestic law to regulate and protect its transactions. The police did not file a case“ Now, this man named Michael is still active on the Internet. He's just taking advantage of the law. " Li told Anhui Business Daily
there is a Trojan horse in "mining tools"
How could Li's bitcoin disappear? 360 security engineer contacted him and tested Michael's "mining tool", and found that this tool is a very popular "bitcoin robber" Trojan horse this year. According to the analysis of 360 security center, most of the "bitcoin thieves" Trojans are disguised as mining tools, simplified wallets and other compressed files. Once a player is recruited, the Trojan will automatically search for bitcoin wallets and steal them through e-mail, hacker remote control and other means.
Icelandic authorities say a mastermind suspected of stealing $3 million worth of bitcoin mining equipment has escaped from an Icelandic prison
it is reported that the suspect, named Hindley sol Stefansson, fled through the window of Songen prison in rural areas of southern Iceland in the early morning of the 17th. He was transferred to the "open" prison by the police 10 days ago. There are almost no defenses, no walls, the lowest level of security, and prisoners can make phone calls and surf the Internet
According to the report, the fugitive was arrested on February 2 on suspicion of stealing computers, together with 10 other people. At that time, Icelandic police said that the stolen computers were worth about 200 million kronor (about US $2 million). The stolen computer was specially programmed to mine bitcoin. So far, the police have not found the whereabouts of these computers. The amount of money involved is unprecedented in Icelandic criminal cases 
"he has an accomplice," said gonnar Schramm, head of Icelandic police. "We are sure."
The police have asked Sweden and other European countries to help with the arrest, the National Broadcasting Authority of Iceland reporteda Swedish police spokesman said that the arrest has not yet been carried out, and the Icelandic counterparts have informed the situation and issued an international arrest warrant
in February, Icelandic police arrested 11 people including Stefansson, accusing them of stealing about 600 computers used to mine the encrypted electronic currency "bitcoin" from December last year to January this year. The total value of these computers is about 200 million kronor (about US $2 million), a record amount of criminal cases in Iceland. Icelandic media called it "bitcoin robbery"
Before Stefansson escaped from prison, 22 people were arrested, but the stolen computer was still missingbitcoin does not rely on specific currency institutions to issue. It is generated through a large number of calculations of specific algorithms. Bitcoin economy uses a distributed database composed of many nodes in the whole P2P network to confirm and record all transactions. The decentralized nature and algorithm of P2P can ensure that it is impossible to artificially manipulate the value of bitcoin through mass proction
bitcoin is very similar to cash
the advantages of bitcoin are: no freezing, no tracking, no taxes, and extremely low transaction costs. Compared with people who speculate in currency, it is wealth, and people outside the currency circle may think it is a fraud
depending on which trading platform, each trading platform is definitely different.
Icelandic Prime Minister katerin jacobsdotil was on the same flight after a man was arrested for stealing hundreds of bitcoin computers and escaped to Sweden on a plane
According to the surveillance video, Stefansson appeared at kevlavik International Airport, 95 km away from sonn prison, boarding and leaving the country that morning. Although Iceland has not joined the European Union, it has joined the Schengen zone, where member states are visa free and border checks are cancelled. Therefore, the airport is unlikely to require him to show his passport A spokesman for the Swedish police said the arrest had not yet been carried out and that his Icelandic counterparts had informed the situation and issued international wanted notices source: bit110
The virtual currency robber who stole hundreds of computers flew abroad after his prison break, and there was the prime minister on the plane. This is not a Hollywood blockbuster, but a real prison break in Iceland. Iceland's prime minister katerin jacobsdotil was on the same flight after a man was arrested for stealing hundreds of bitcoin computers and escaped to Sweden on a plane
The Swedish police spokesman said that the arrest has not yet been carried out, and his Icelandic counterparts have been informed of the situation and issued international wanted noticesin February, Icelandic police arrested 11 people including Stefansson, accusing them of stealing about 600 computers used to mine the encrypted electronic currency "bitcoin" from December last year to January this year. The total value of these computers is about 200 million kronor (about US $2 million), a record amount of criminal cases in Iceland. Icelandic media called it "bitcoin robbery"
Before Stefansson escaped from prison, 22 people were arrested, but the stolen computer was still missing"Iceland is too small, most of the escaped prisoners are drunk, Iceland has no underworld and underground world, so generally no one escaped." Local police said