Former Amazon engineer pleads guilty to stealing $12.3 million of crypto in first ever hacking case involving smart contracts

• An ex-Amazon engineer pleaded guilty this week to hacking two cryptocurrency exchanges.
• The conviction is the first ever secured in a case involving the hacking of a smart contract.
• He'll face up to five years in prison and will be made to pay back $12.3 million in stolen funds.

A former Amazon engineer this week pleaded guilty to hacking two cryptocurrency exchanges in a landmark case that resulted in the first ever conviction involving the hacking of a smart contract.