A single malicious transaction led to $230M drained from WazirX
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The WazirX hacker — likely the Korean Lazarus Group — reportedly compromised authorized addresses directly or via social engineering.
The WazirX hacker — likely the Korean Lazarus Group — reportedly compromised authorized addresses directly or via social engineering.
WazirX was hacked on July 18 and funds, including $100 million worth of SHIB and $52 million in ETH have reportedly already been sold.
The crypto influencer known as Profit Blue is alleged to have scammed one of his followers out of $11,000 before being liquidated.
The entrepreneur that sued crypto sleuth ZachXBT for defamation has a realized NFT loss of over $11 million at press time.
Crypto influencers like BitBoy have millions of online followers and when it comes to boosting or killing a project, their opinion counts.