Crypto whale loses $24M in staked Ethereum to phishing attack
A significant portion of the stolen funds has been transferred into the fully automatic cryptocurrency exchange FixedFloat.
A cryptocurrency whale has fallen victim to a massive phishing attack, losing millions of dollars in staked Ether on the liquid staking provider Rocket Pool.
The investor lost their entire address balance of Lido Staked ETH (stETH) and Rocket Pool ETH (rETH) on Sept. 6, the cryptocurrency security firm PeckShield reported .
The hack was completed in just two transactions, with 9,579 stETH stolen in one and 4,851 rETH in another. At the time of the attack, the amount stolen was worth $15.5 million in stETH and $8.5 million in rETH, a staggering $24 million combined.
According to PeckShield, the phisher subsequently swapped the assets for 13,785 ETH and 1.64 million Dai
A significant portion of the DAI stash has already been transferred into the fully automatic cryptocurrency exchange FixedFloat, PeckShield reported.
Read More: https://cointelegraph.com/news/whale-loses-24-million-in-crypto-phishing-attack
A significant portion of the stolen funds has been transferred into the fully automatic cryptocurrency exchange FixedFloat.
A cryptocurrency whale has fallen victim to a massive phishing attack, losing millions of dollars in staked Ether on the liquid staking provider Rocket Pool.
The investor lost their entire address balance of Lido Staked ETH (stETH) and Rocket Pool ETH (rETH) on Sept. 6, the cryptocurrency security firm PeckShield reported .
The hack was completed in just two transactions, with 9,579 stETH stolen in one and 4,851 rETH in another. At the time of the attack, the amount stolen was worth $15.5 million in stETH and $8.5 million in rETH, a staggering $24 million combined.
According to PeckShield, the phisher subsequently swapped the assets for 13,785 ETH and 1.64 million Dai
A significant portion of the DAI stash has already been transferred into the fully automatic cryptocurrency exchange FixedFloat, PeckShield reported.
Read More: https://cointelegraph.com/news/whale-loses-24-million-in-crypto-phishing-attack
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