Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-08-15 00:00:00
Affected organization: Michael Terpin
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts,Exploitation of Data in Transit
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Michael Terpin, a bitcoin investor is suing AT&T for $240m after it allegedly ported his phone number to a hacker, allowing the criminal to steal $24m in cryptocurrency.