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Cryptocurrency wallet drainers stole $494 million in 2024
Scammers stole $494 million worth of cryptocurrency in wallet drainer attacks last year that targeted more than 300,000 wallet addresses. This marks a 67% increase over 2023 figures although the number of victims only rose by 3.7%, indicating that victims held more significant amounts on average. The data comes from web3 anti-scam platform ‘Scam Sniffer,’ which has been tracking wallet…
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LastPass breach comes back to haunt users as hackers steal $12 million in cryptocurrency
A major data breach at password manager firm LastPass in 2022 is still causing mayhem two years later, with cyber criminals using stolen information to carry out further attacks. According to data collated by crypto investigator ZachXBT, hackers stole $12.38 million in cryptocurrency from LastPass users on 16 and 17 December. The attackers drained nearly 150 individual victim addresses, according…
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