Cryptocurrency
[loss] $91M+
Tweet by zachxbt
Primary Source ↗Financial Loss
$91.0M
(91,000,000 USD)
Blockchain(s)
Bitcoin
Incident Details
A bitcoin holder reportedly fell for a social engineering attack after receiving communications from scammers posing as customer support for a crypto exchange and hardware wallet provider, according to crypto sleuth zachxbt. The thieves stole 783 BTC (~$91 million), which they then transferred through the Wasabi mixer to complicate tracing.
Total loss estimated at $91,000,000.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Social engineering attack
- Vendor / Product
- Bitcoiner socially engineered out of $91 million
Timeline
- 2025-08-19 Breach occurred
- 2025-08-19 Publicly disclosed