Chongqing police cracked the BLAST virtual currency theft case. The suspect implanted malicious code into the company's computer to steal the private key.

Recently, the police in Liangjiang New District cracked a virtual currency theft case and arrested three suspects. At the end of June this year, the Tiangongdian Police Station of the Liangjiang New District Branch received a report from a technology company in the jurisdiction, saying that more than 2.6 million BLAST coins (a virtual currency) were lost in the company's account, with a value of about RMB 400,000. Based on the clues provided by the reporter, the police conducted an in-depth analysis of the transaction path and the flow of money, and locked in the suspects Yang, Wu, and Sheng. The police arrested the three people and brought them to justice, and the three confessed to the crime. After investigation, it was found that the three suspects were employees of the technology company before the incident. Their daily work was to use multiple accounts to play roles in a game released by a foreign game company to earn points. The points are accumulated in the virtual wallet address they use. The game officials will convert the points into virtual currency, and the technology company will earn income by cashing in virtual currency. While working in the company, the three people took advantage of their positions to implant codes into the company's computers and stole the company's virtual wallet address and private key password. At present, Yang, Wu and Sheng have been arrested by the procuratorate for suspected theft, and the case is under further investigation. The police reminded that virtual currency does not have the same legal status as legal currency and is not recognized and protected by law, but theft, fraud and other crimes committed with such virtual property will still be subject to legal sanctions.