In the district court of Los Angeles received the 69-page lawsuit from the founder of the group of bitcoin investors BitAngels Michael Turpin against the us Telecom giant AT&T. Turpin claims that the operator contributed to the fraud to “theft of digital personal data” from the account on his smartphone, which he lost cryptocurrency in the amount of $24 million this is stated in the official release.
According to Turpin, for seven months, there were two hacking. Initially, the attacker got access to his phone number without the password or correct identification data. In the future, the phone number was used to access cryptocotylar.
“The actions committed by AT&T, can be compared to a hotel, giving the thief the key to my room and safe after the presentation of false documents that confirm my identity”, — says the plaintiff.
Michael Turpin requires AT&T to pay him $224 million — $200 million in damages and $24 million for the actual theft.
We will remind, in June, hackers stole more than $20 million through improperly configured clients Ethereum.
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