Investor Loses Over $300,000 in Alleged Crypto Trading Scam: Washington DFI Launches Probe
As detailed by Washington DFI, the issues arose when the investor attempted to withdraw some of their initial investment and reported gains.
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As detailed by Washington DFI, the issues arose when the investor attempted to withdraw some of their initial investment and reported gains.
UwU Lend has yet to publicly acknowledge the second attack and the cause is still unknown.
In addition to compensating the victims, OKX has improved its security measures to prevent similar incidents in the future.
With the growing series of attacks on crypto exchange companies, industry experts could call for stricter security standards within the space and more effective oversight within the cryptocurrency exchanges.
While the exchange grapples with these security challenges, Binance, the leading global crypto exchange, has seen a net inflow of $1.364 billion over the past seven days.
The hacker hasn’t moved the $20 million in DAI stolen or any other cryptocurrencies extracted from the cross-chain bridge.
The CoinGecko attacker has already sent phishing emails to nearly 24k users in less than 24 hours since the incident.
This is not the first time scammers have cloned crypto apps and listed them on popular online marketplaces where users frequently download apps for trading cryptocurrencies.
Despite the defense’s arguments, the court upheld the initial sentence, emphasizing the fraudulent nature of Yang’s scheme.
DMM announced it has launched an investigation to identify the perpetrators of the hack, which resulted in thousands of bitcoins being siphoned from the exchange’s wallet.
According to Nakamao, hackers were able to use a Chrome plugin and multiple cross trades to steal $1 million from their Binance account.
The Frax Finance CEO has requested everyone to steer clear of all website links shared from the compromised X accounts still stands.
The protocol reached out to the hacker via an on-chain message, offering a 10% white hat bounty for the return of the remaining funds by June 3, 2024, 08:00 UTC.
The lawsuit reveals that the victim Fitzgerald deposited $180,000 into a pig butchering scheme, and has been unable to withdraw his money.
The exploit comes seven days after Gala Games, one of the prominent players in the industry, suffered a malicious security attack that led to the loss of $23 million of users’ assets.