Venezuelan traders also deal with hackers; it means that US sanctions, economic volatility, and the hostile government are not enough. For hackers also attack the country.
The Scientific, Criminal and Criminalistic Investigations Corps (CICPC) of Venezuela, similar to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the US, announced recently the arrest of two individuals who supposedly managed to penetrate the servers of a Venezuelan trading platform, stealing 101 Bitcoins amounting to over $1.9 million.
The suspects were José Manuel Osorio Mendoza, 33, and Kelvin Jonathan Diaz, 34. They were alleged of breaking into Bancar Exchange servers, one of about a dozen cryptocurrency exchanges authorized to operate in Venezuela. After sidestepping the platform’s security, they allegedly proceeded to make Bitcoin and fiat transfers to different accounts associated with them.
Although the hackers used clouding protocols to cover their tracks, the police have been able to trace the thefts to a single company, Proinsa, although it is unclear what the suspects’ authentic connection to the firm is.
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