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Cybercriminals behind the $150 million hack of Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen’s crypto wallets reportedly had access to private keys that were stored in the password manager LastPass. That’s according to crypto sleuth ZachXBT, who shared a forfeiture complaint filed by the United States yesterday. The document was submitted in the Northern District Court of California and disclosed the seizure of various cryptocurrencies, worth over $23.6 million, from exchanges such as OKX, Kraken, and others. ZachXBT claimed, “Up to this point Chris Larsen had not publicly disclosed the cause of the theft.” In January 2024, hackers stole over 283 million XRP (worth around $150 million) from Larsen’s crypto wallets. At the time, ZachXBT tracked the stolen assets and claimed they were being laundered through exchanges, including “ MEXC, Gate, Binance, Kraken, OKX, HTX, and HitBTC .” Be honest… Has your team forgotten LastPass was breached in 2022 which has lead to 9 figures in cr...

Analysts at blockchain forensic firm PeckShield say the crypto industry witnessed over 600 hack incident s over the past year. In an X post on Jan. 29, PeckShield released an infographic highlighting the extensive scale of hacker attacks targeting the crypto sector in 2023. According to their data, crypto investors faced losses amounting to $2.6 billion due to illicit activities, with a recovery of nearly $675 million. #PeckShieldAlert 2023 saw 600+ major hacks in the crypto space, resulting in ~$2.61B in losses, with $674.9M recovered. $1.51B lost to hacks (excluding #Multichain unauthorized withdrawals) & $1.1B to scams. This marks a 27.78% decrease from 2022. #DeFi protocols remained prime… pic.twitter.com/G7PIU3WyrX — PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) January 29, 2024 PeckShield’s findings reveal that investors suffered losses of over $1.5 billion from hacks and an additional $1.1 billion from scam schemes, reflecting a 27.78% decrease compared to 2022. Desp...

Crypto data and news providers Cointelegraph, WalletConnect, Token Terminal, and De.Fi email addresses are sending phishing emails . In a Jan. 23 Telegram post, pseudonymous blockchain sleuth ZachXBT warned emails from domains under the legitimate domains of those companies. Data gathered from blockchain analytics service Arkham Intelligence shows that the address received hundreds of transactions, with nearly all activity starting on Jan. 23. Etherscan data shows 80 transactions just on Ethereum (ETH). $580,000 has been drained so far. ZachXBT | Investigations by ZachXBT Telegram channel Visualization of the transactions that reached the phishing address since Jan. 23 | Source: Arkham Intelligence You might also like: Trezor investigates phishing attack that left 66k users vulnerable So far, it is unclear how the attacker could send messages that appear to come from the aforementioned organizations. Multiple hacking techniques may have been employed by the entity...

The X account of the Ethereum staking protocol Rocket Pool was hacked on Jan. 17, with the exploiter asking users to migrate their assets via a malicious link.  Rocket Pool’s hijacker posted a message detailing smart contract vulnerabilities spotted by the supposed team. The post asked users to click on a link to migrate their assets to a version 2 contract to avoid losses. WARNING!!! Rocket Pool Twitter compromised ! The Rocket Pool Twitter account has been compromised ! Do not click any links in tweets on that account ! The account that is compromised is [DO NOT CLICK] @Rocket_Pool. — Hudson Jameson (@hudsonjameson) January 17, 2024 The Rocket Pool team confirmed the incident on Discord, warning users to avoid interacting with any links posted by the account until further notice.  Any possible losses suffered or stolen cryptocurrencies were yet unknown at press time. Rocket Pool team warns users via Discord You might also like: SEC chair Gary Gensler ass...