CNBC obtained never-before-seen body camera footage that shows how investigators linked Jimmy Zhong to the Silk Road hack

The secret life of Jimmy Zhong, who stole – and lost – more than $3 billion::CNBC obtained never-before-seen body camera footage that shows how investigators linked Jimmy Zhong to the Silk Road hack

  • Lenny@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Now that’s thinking way too big. This dude is not a household name like Facebook. You’d probably have to ask a few hundred people on the street before one says they know who he is. His story is also not at all interesting like Catch Me or Wolf. Granted, most people probably didn’t know who Belfort was, but his story was wild and constantly evolving and has a lot of story to tell. Zhong was just some crypto nerd who found one bug and stole a bunch of coin that he never touched, and in the meantime he used his other crypto money to buy friendship and drink. He’s worth a one part netflix doc at most.

    • HeyListenWatchOut@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Doesn’t matter if he’s a household name. They did it for the BlackBerry guys who no one knew the names of… the Nike guys who signed Jordan who no one knew the names of… and really recently - the GameStop meme stock guys - who I STILL don’t know the names of.

      The story is fascinating enough that they wrote an article. And it rings just like one of those kinds of stories Hollywood LOVES to adapt into a visual medium.

      • BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I just had to look up all of those movies because I had no idea they’d made them. Those aren’t exactly huge blockbuster live your life like a Rockefeller off the residuals movies. This guy might get a movie made about him but I think you’re overstating it’s potential worth. He might even be able to make a living through speaking engagements and the like but it’s unlikely to make him rich. His heist is more niche interest than many others and I think your personal interest in it might be clouding that.

      • Lenny@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        BlackBerry, household name. Jordan, Nike, household names. GameStop less so, but had tons of news and stories surrounding it, and it’s relatively recent. Having some idea of the subject drives interest, and these all have a journey within their stories. The Zhong story is boring as shit. The only reason headlines capture anyone’s attention is they can say it was a $3 billion dollar heist, when really it was a $600k heist with no interesting tale behind it except he looked through some code and found a bug. Maybe if he continually cashed the coins out and you know, was actually able to throw a billion+ dollars around and was constantly on the run you could make an interesting move. The dude stole the coin, stashed some hardware in his house, then accidentally called the cops on himself. What an amazing adventure, I can’t wait to watch it in theaters.