A T-Mobile customer is suing the carrier over a cryptocurrency heist.
In a classic case of identity theft, Carlos Tapang, a resident of King County, Washington, claims that hackers broke into his cryptocurrency account because T-Mobile was fooled into transferring his account to AT&T. The hackers then used Tapang’s wireless account to access his cryptocurrency account and sell virtual currencies for 2.875 in bitcoin.
Bitcoin was worth around $8,000 around the time of the account transfer, but reached a high of $19,000 the following month.
The lawsuit, filed on Sunday and first reported by Law360, seeks damages. The lawsuit accuses T-Mobile of failing to train its employees to prevent the identity theft schemes. It also notes that other T-Mobile customers have complained online about similar scams.
