PANews reported on July 7, according to Bitcoin.com, that Canadian woman Raelene Vandenbosch has filed a lawsuit against Rogers Communications and Match Transact, alleging that security vulnerabilities led to her suffering a SIM card hijacking attack in 2011, resulting in a loss of 12.58 bitcoins valued at $392,700 at the time (approximately $1.36 million now). The complaint shows that an employee at an authorized mobile counter in Montreal provided database access to hackers impersonating carrier technicians, causing her phone number to be transferred. The attackers then accessed the victim's Ledger and Shakepay cryptocurrency wallets. The plaintiff alleges that the defendants failed to take sufficient anti-fraud measures and that counter staff had excessive access to users' sensitive information.
The latest ruling by the BC Supreme Court requires the main part of the case to enter arbitration, but the demand for 'public acknowledgment of wrongdoing' is allowed to continue litigation due to public interest. The defendants have not admitted to the allegations and emphasize that the dispute should be resolved through arbitration as per the user agreement.
