But, not so fast.
CNBC reports that a U.S. investor filed a $224 million lawsuit against AT&Ttoday, accusing
the company of negligence that allegedly caused the California resident to lose roughly
$24 million in cryptocurrency.
In a 69-page complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Michael Terpin claimed that because of "AT&T's willing cooperation with the hacker, gross negligence, violation of its statutory duties, and failure to adhere to its commitments in its Privacy Policy," he lost nearly $24 million worth of cryptocurrency.
Terpin, who was using AT&T as his service provider, said the digital tokens were stolen through a "digital identity theft" of his cellphone account. Terpin was the victim of two hacks within seven months.
After the first hack, Terpin alleged that an impostor was able to get his phone number from an "insider cooperating with the hacker" without an AT&T store employee requiring him to show valid identification or provide a required password. That phone number was later used to access Terpin's cryptocurrency accounts, according to the complaint.
"What AT&T did was like a hotel giving a thief with a fake ID a room key and a key to the room safe to steal jewelry in the safe from the rightful owner," the complaint alleged.
No doubt there will be more lawsuits like this. The only option will be for telecommunications providers to ban these kinds of cryptocurrency apps.
There is just too much dollar risk exposure.
I'm sorry but I think you are reaching. Any simpleton who keeps his crypto wallet on his phone deserves this. When you play in the bitcoin world you best understand what it means to play in the bitcoin world. There are a lot of stories similar to this where folks bought coin and lost their key and hence their money. This is just a variant of that.
ReplyDeleteAnd where did you read that we will soon all be using crypto to pay for retail purchases with our phone? I've never read that. Bitcoin supports about 7 transactions/sec...so...that ain't gonna happen.
crypto is on the hype cycle for sure, but I think the real story here is there are too many dumbasses putting their money into things they don't understand.
Nobody should have more then $50 in a cell phone.
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