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June 6, 2022, 8:03 PM UTC

Gemini Security Failures to Blame for Crypto Hack, IRA Suit Says

Evan Weinberger
Evan Weinberger
Correspondent

Crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co. lacked proper safeguards that resulted in retirement-account holders losing around $36 million in Bitcoin and Ether when the master key got hacked, IRA Financial Trust said in a new lawsuit.

Gemini, a crypto exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss, made false representations about two-factor authentication and other protections that were supposed to safeguard customer accounts, according to a complaint IRA filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

IRA allows customers to actively trade crypto in their retirement accounts. It entered an agreement with Gemini in September 2019 ...

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