U-Ilya Lichtenstein, indoda eyabangela ukuphangwa kwezigidigidi zamaRandi ku-Bitfinex, manje usiza abashushisi bombuso ukuba bakhe icala ngokumelene ne-Bitcoin Fog, isevisi yokuxuba i-crypto.

U-Lichtenstein wawavuma amacala okushushumbisa imali ngonyaka odlule ngemuva kokugebenga i-Bitfinex nokubalekela i-Bitcoin ebiza u-$3.6 million.

U-Lichtenstein Ufakaza Esivivinyweni saseWashington

Ngokusho eya e-Bloomberg, e-Lichtenstein uvele ecaleni lase-Washington, DC, kuleli sonto lapho u-Roman Sterlingov esolwa ngokusebenza insizakalo yokuxuba esetshenziswa izigebengu zewebhu emnyama. I-Hacker ye-Bitfinex yaqanjwa njengofakazi kahulumeni wase-US obambisanayo ngamacala ahlobene nokushushumbiswa kwemali okuhlobene nesiteji.

U-Lichtenstein utshele ijaji ukuthi usebenzise abaxube abahlukene, okuhlanganisa ne-Bitcoin Fog, ukufihla izimali ezebiwe Bitfinex Hack. Uveze ukuthi usebenzise le nkonzo izikhathi eziyishumi ukuqola imali. Kodwa-ke, waveza ukuthi inkundla kwakungeyona indlela yakhe eyinhloko yokukhwabanisa imali njengoba kamuva wadlulela kwezinye izinkonzo ezifanele kangcono injongo yakhe, njengoHelix.

Iziphathimandla zase-US icala U-Sterlingov, isakhamuzi sase-Russian-Swedish esikabili, esisebenzisa insizakalo yokuhlanganisa imali. Basola uSterlingov ngokuthola izigidi zamaRandi ezimakethe ze-darknet ezihlobene nokushushumbiswa kwezidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni.

U-Tor Ekeland, ummeli ka-Sterlingov, uphikisa ngokuthi abukho ubufakazi obukhona, obufana nezingodo zeseva nama-akhawunti ofakazi bokuzibonela axhumanisa i-Lichtenstein nenkundla. U-Ekeland uphinde wacindezela u-Lichtenstein ngesikhathi kuqhubeka icala ukuthi uyazi noma uyaxhumana nommangalelwa, okuyinto ayiphikile.

Ummeli wabe esebuza ngokusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa kwe-Lichtenstein, ebhekisela ebufakazini bangaphambili lapho uLichtenstein avuma khona ukuthi wayethenga amakhowe kanye ne-LSD ezimakethe ze-darknet. Kodwa-ke, wacacisa ukuthi wayesangulukile ngesikhathi sokugetshengwa.

I-Sterlingov i ebhekene nazo amashaji amaningi, ahlanganisa ukushushumbisa imali, ukuqhuba ibhizinisi lokudlulisa imali ngaphandle kwelayisense, kanye nokuzibandakanya ekudluliseni imali ngaphandle kwelayisensi edingekayo Esifundeni Sase-Columbia.

I-Bitfinex Hacker Yembula Isisusa

Phakathi nobufakazi bakhe, uLichtenstein waqokomisa isizathu sokugenca kwe-Bitfinex ngo-2016, ethi ubhekane nezinkinga ngokuqalisa kwakhe ubuchwepheshe eSan Francisco. Uqhubekele phambili echaza ukuthi ngesikhathi leso utshiselwe ebhizimusini ebelidonsa nzima. Kamuva, yena baqashwe umkakhe, uHeather Morgan, ukusiza ekufihleni umsuka wezimali. UMorgan, owazibiza ngokuthi "Crocodile of Wall Street," wafuna ukuqashelwa ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngokurepha mayelana namasu okutshala imali.

Uhulumeni izinsolo ukuthi laba babili basebenzise omazisi bomgunyathi ukuze basungule ama-akhawunti aku-inthanethi, bavala umkhondo wokuthengiselana ngokufaka nokukhipha izimali ngokuhwebelana kwe-cryptocurrency nezimakethe ze-darknet. Ngokokugomela kukahulumeni, ezinye izimali ezikhwabanisiwe zabelwa ukuthenga amathokheni angafungi (NFTs), igolide, namakhadi esipho e-Walmart.

Ngo-Agasti 2023, uLichtenstein nomkakhe bawavuma ngokusemthethweni amacala okushushumbisa imali nelokwakha itulo lokukhwabanisa, okwaqeda impicabadala eyadonsa iminyaka eyisikhombisa.