Producer of bitcoin hardware wallet KeepKey is offering a 30 bitcoin ($27,540) reward for information leading to the arrest of a hacker who held personal accounts of its CEO, Darin Stanchfield, to ransom for the same amount. The hacker told the company Stanchfield's stolen data would be destroyed, the breach kept secret and his methods revealed if payment was received. However, Stanchfield instead informed the cryptocurrency community of the ransom via Reddit. In an interview with CoinDesk, Stanchfield said he had been contacted by someone claiming to have hacked into one of his accounts.
Producer of bitcoin hardware wallet KeepKey is offering a 30 bitcoin ($27,540) reward for information leading to the arrest of a hacker who held personal accounts of its CEO, Darin Stanchfield, to ransom for the same amount. The hacker told the company Stanchfield's stolen data would be destroyed, the breach kept secret and his methods revealed if payment was received. However, Stanchfield instead informed the cryptocurrency community of the ransom via Reddit. Although KeepKey's blockchain was not hacked, the cyber criminal temporarily accessed sales distribution channels, a shipping and logistics vendor and an email marketing software account, Stanchfield claimed.