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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 pkrasimirov on Thursday March 07 2019, @12:22PM (2 children)
Do you think? Naah, more like Code Cracking as a Service, that's the new beat. CCaaS, now with Standard and Premium subscriptions! Give us the toy and we unlock it for you, trust us, it's ok.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Thursday March 07 2019, @04:01PM
Of course, if they can't unlock it, it's Futile Code Cracking as a Service. So you give the FuCCaaS your money, and they take it and leave.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday March 07 2019, @07:20PM
Rooting As a Service, Cracking As a Service ... We've all known for a while that it's only a matter of frequency and latency.