The phishing fraudster managed to steal cryptocurrency on $ 1 million in a day

[EagleEye]

The ZachXBT blockchain security specialist said that a whole hacker under the nickname Monkey Drainer stole digital assets on $ 3.5 million.

According to the analyst cryptocurrency of ZachXBT, in the last day alone, the offender stole about 700 ethers. Its two largest victims, users 0x02a and 0x626, lost a total of $ 370,000 after signing transactions on phishing sites used to lure victims. 0x02a lost one NFT from the Bored Ape collection ( BAYC ), one CloneX, $ 36,000 and 12 other non-replaceable tokens for a total of about $ 150,000.

User 0x626, who owns cryptocurrency in the amount of about $ 6.2 million, lost $ 220,000. The remaining transactions were rejected.

ZachXBT added that the total assets stolen by an attacker exceed $ 3.5 million and grow day by day. He encouraged users to be as vigilant as working with cryptocurrencies:

« Please be especially careful before visiting unknown sites, plug your wallet and sign » transactions.

Last week, French law enforcement took advantage of a study conducted by a cryptocurrency analyst under the pseudonym ZachXBT to arrest five NFT fraud suspects.