A spoofing assault cost
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#Sphere 3D $500,000 in bitcoin, and the company is suing Gryphon Digital Mining for failing to act in the partnership's best interests, only losing $500K BTC. In a statement, Trompeter remarked:
“Today’s filing demonstrates that we will not only protect the company that we all have worked so hard to navigate through the past year but also that we will not be bullied or threatened by the likes of Gryphon.”
The complaint claims that Gryphon sent a hacker acting as Sphere 3D's CFO $500,000 in bitcoin that belonged to its business partner. Rob Chang, the CEO of Gryphon, wired eight more bitcoin to the same location a few days later after sending 18 bitcoin from Sphere 3D to a scammer posing as the company's CFO in January. On Friday, the Southern District of New York received the complaint. The lawsuit also claims that Gryphon provided its partner with "abhorrent" services and that it overstated its computer power in public disclosures.
Gryphon allegedly "panicked when Sphere suggested that the incident be reported to law enforcement, including the Federal Bureau of Investigations ('FBI'), insisted that the matter could be handled between the parties, and demanded that no one report the theft to the authorities," according to Sphere 3D's additional allegations.
The lawsuit also claims that Gryphon evaded its obligations under the MSA, provided reprehensible management services, and skimmed off the top from Sphere's assets while dutifully collecting its high Management Fee.
The attorneys for Sphere 3D are claiming damages "in excess of $75,000, exclusive of interest and costs," according to the lawsuit.
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