Two Israeli Brothers Arrested for Hack of Bitfinex Crypto Exchange
Two Israeli brothers have been arrested in connection with the hack of cryptocurrency exchangeBitfinex and other crypto-related phishing attacks, finance news outlet Finance Magnates reportson June 23.
An Israeli police spokesperson reportedly told Finance Magnates that Eli Gigi and his younger brother Assaf Gigi netted tens of millions of dollars. The two are suspected of being responsible for long-term systematic theft of cryptocurrencies by maliciously obtaining access to other users’ accounts.
