VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (“BIGG” or the “Company”) (CSE: BIGG; OTCQX: BBKCF; WKN: A2PS9W), owns Netcoins (Netcoins.ca) (“Netcoins”), the online cryptocurrency brokerage that makes it easy for Canadians to buy, sell, and understand cryptocurrency, and Blockchain Intelligence Group (“BIG”) (blockchaingroup.io), a cryptocurrency compliance and intelligence company.
On April 7, 2022, Netcoins’ internal control systems, designed to monitor and govern coin withdrawals, detected suspicious activity from a single KYC verified user requesting abnormal withdrawals. Within 3 minutes, Netcoins automated systems had intervened to prevent withdrawals and within 15 minutes staff had frozen the customer account, including all funds and coins. Upon internal investigation, it was determined that the customer had discovered a software vulnerability allowing them to fraudulently increase their fiat holdings. This vulnerability was fixed by the Netcoins development team within the hour.
No customer accounts were compromised, and no customer funds or digital coins were compromised. The coins withdrawn by the user were solely from Netcoins’ own float. The user withdrew 24 BTC and 275k XRP, valued at an estimated CAD $1.58M.
A comprehensive file, including timeline, was shared with BIGG’s forensic investigation division, Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG), which took immediate action - tracing and tracking the withdrawn coins. Law enforcement is involved and investigations will be on-going.
BIGG is in a unique position, as owner of BIG, a leading blockchain forensics company, to work with law enforcement to freeze and seize the stolen coins. We will make every effort to recover our assets. BIG has a full forensic report, being updated in real time, of the coin locations and movements.
Mark Binns, BIGG CEO, remarked “The bad actor who fraudulently purchased and withdrew crypto from Netcoins will be pursued to the full extent of our capability as an organization, and with the full force of the law. Our internal control systems and measures, automated and human, worked as designed, and no customers' funds, coins or accounts were compromised or accessed. Netcoins remains fully operational for our valued customers. The actions of one bad actor will not deter us as we continue to follow our mission in creating a safe, compliant and regulated future for cryptocurrency.”
On behalf of the Board
Mark Binns
CEO
ir@biggdigitalassets.com
Investor Relations
Victoria Rutherford
Victoria@adcap.ca
T: 1.480.625.5772
About BIGG Digital Assets Inc.
BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (BIGG) believes the future of crypto is a safe, compliant, and regulated environment. BIGG invests in products and companies to support this vision. BIGG has three portfolio companies: Netcoins (netcoins.ca), Blockchain Intelligence Group (blockchaingroup.io) and TerraZero (terrazero.com).
Blockchain Intelligence Group builds technology to power compliance and intelligence for the crypto future. Banks and crypto companies depend on our technology to monitor risk from crypto transactions. Investigators and law enforcement quickly identify and track illicit activity. Blockchain Intelligence Group is trusted globally by banks, crypto companies, law enforcement, fintechs, regtechs and governments.
Netcoins develops brokerage and exchange software to make the purchase and sale of cryptocurrency easily accessible to the mass consumer and investor with a focus on compliance and safety. Netcoins utilizes BitRank Verified® software at the heart of its platform and facilitates crypto trading via a self-serve crypto brokerage portal at Netcoins.app.
TerraZero is a vertically integrated Metaverse development group and leading Web 3.0 technology company specializing in the Metaverse space. The Company’s Metaverse agnostic vision is to develop, acquire, and finance the Metaverse’s most promising companies, entrepreneurs, and developers. TerraZero also owns digital real estate and provides offices and services to those interested in the Metaverse. BIGG owns ~33% of TerraZero.
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