Sunday, October 6, 2019

Stupidity


Algo Capital, an investment firm focused on the Algorand blockchain, lost a few million dollars in USDT and ALGO tokens after its chief technology officer’s phone was breached, CoinDesk has learned.
According to a source familiar with the matter, Algo Capital reported to its limited partners Friday that Pablo Yabo, its CTO, had his mobile compromised which allowed attackers to seize control of an Algo hot wallet administered by Yabo. As a result of the breach, roughly $1 million to $2 million in the cryptocurrencies were taken, according to an email from CEO David Garcia seen by CoinDesk.
The CTO was carrying the keys to the money in his unsecured cell phone?  I would call it a reason to shut the company down.

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