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Hacker admits she stole 100,000 XRP in Australian crypto heist
An Australian woman has pleaded guilty to stealing more than 100,000 XRP, worth $450,000 at the time. In January, 2018, Katherine Nguyen admitted hacking into the trading account of a 56-year-old man who shared the same surname. She locked the account and stole the funds before transferring them to a Chinese cryptocurrency exchange, swapping the XRP for Bitcoin, according to local reports. When the account was unlocked two days after the hack, the victim discovered his stash of XRP was gone. Nguyen, 24, pleaded guilty on August 23. She’s looking at possible jail time, and hid her face from reporters as she left the ... (full story)
