When they interrogated Price, he admitted that the names and numbers were linked to Bitcoin accounts. He further claimed that he was able to use a software he bought from a vendor on the online black market AlphaBay to divert funds from the Bitcoin accounts to his own accounts.

Increasing number of Bitcoin heists through AlphaBay
As previously reported, Bitcoin heists have been made easier through the dark market where another scammer stole over $1 mln worth of Bitcoin from AlphaBay users. The series of notorious heists only add to security concerns on how to protect Bitcoin funds from hackers.