Cryptocurrency News | Hacker Caught with whooping "$667000" Worth of Bitcoins by Police

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  • A hacker Named "Grant West" also dubbed as "Courvoisier" of Age "26" was Caught by London Police with "$667000" worth of Bitcoins.


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  • According to Police This case is described as First of its kind in 188 years of History.

  • Hacker along with her girlfriend was on train when he was Cought by the Police. Several CCTV footage are also surfing around the internet of his arrest.

  • Hacker is known to Rob about 100 companies through a Scamy 'Phishing' Email, Fetch their Financial Data , Sell it to the Black market and Earns his Profit in the form of Bitcoin. Hacker has been sentenced to prison for more than 10 years on 9th of June, Friday.

  • Officers has also recovered memory card from hacker's Possession which contained Username and Passwords of more than 75 million individuals.

Police believe around 500 companies were targeted by Grant - including Sainsbury's, Nectar, Groupon, AO.com, Ladbrokes, Coral Betting, Uber, Vitality, RS Feva Class Association 2017, Asda, the British Cardiovascular Society, Mighty Deals Limited, Truly Experiences Ltd, T Mobile, M R Porter, the Finnish Bitcoin exchange, and Argos.

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That is quite alot indeed!

Yes! it is!

Thank God! He is arrested

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