March 28, 2024

$ 860,000 of one Bitfinex user will be frozen by decision of the UK court

$ 860,000 of one Bitfinex user will be frozen by decision of the UK court

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By decision of the court of Great Britain will be frozen $ 860,000 one of the users. The reason for this isThe decision was made by the Bitfinex participant suspected of extortion on this exchange.

The court decided to oblige the Bitfinex exchange to disclose the suspect’s personal data and freeze his cryptocurrency, the value of which reached $860,000.

According to the source, having carried out a hacker attack, the attackers infected computers with company data with a virus, for the recovery of which they demanded $1.2 million in Bitcoin.

In turn, the injured party paid the amount of $950 thousand by sending the amount through the Bitfinex exchange. At this time, lawyers for the injured party, through the court, demanded that Bitfinex freeze the funds.