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Wilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

MIT-educated brothers accused of stealing $25 million in cryptocurrency in 12 seconds in Ethereum blockchain scheme

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MIT-educated brothers accused of stealing $25 million in cryptocurrency in 12 seconds in Ethereum blockchain scheme

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Wilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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The 12-second execution of the alleged theft took months to plan, federal prosecutors said.
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    In doing so, they fraudulently gained access to pending private transactions and used that access to alter certain transactions and obtain their victims’ cryptocurrency,

    I guess they never watched Office Space, or Superman III.

    Edit: wrong Superman

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      It was on the cover of that tps report.

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        I feel like you’re jumping to conclusions

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          …have you seen my stapler?

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            and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it’s not okay because if they take my stapler then I’ll set the building on fire…

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      Superman III

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        Maybe I need to go rewatch it.

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      They must have fucked up some mundane detail like misplacing a zero or something.

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