Following on from an earlier story about the Canadian Crypto exchange whose owner died under suspicious circumstances with the keys to $137m of customers' assets, Business Insider Australia reports that some progress has been made[*] Spoiler alert: the funds are all gone.
The case has sparked numerous theories, including that he faked his own death and ran off with the cash.
However, court-appointed auditor Ernst & Young was able to crack Cotten's laptop. What they found, according to an EY report dated March 1, the accounts had been emptied in April 2018, eight months before his death.[*]
[* Ed.'s Update/Correction -- FP]
[...] A court-appointed auditor, Ernst & Young, has secured Cotten’s laptop, home computer, USB keys and home computer. Using public blockchain records, it determined the digital wallets thought to contain millions were emptied in April, eight months before his death [...]
I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday March 07 2019, @03:11AM (4 children)
Sometimes, cracking is not all it is cracked up to be, as in even the smartest people can have the most stupid passwords. Take, for instance, the President of Druidia! ("I told you never to call me on this wall phone!")
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 07 2019, @04:46AM (3 children)
t. ironic geek
Druidia is a monarchy; Skroob was president of Planet Spaceball.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday March 07 2019, @06:02AM (2 children)
Oh, Shit! Mea culpa! Mea culpa! Or, in non-latin, "My bad".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 07 2019, @06:50AM (1 child)
Actually it’s mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa, said while striking your breast three times.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday March 07 2019, @07:12AM
What did I say? Are you a schizomist! Apostate? Magna Cum Laude .44! And Labia Moron, for Tejas!