Data leak [loss] $42M+

Tweet thread by Bo Shen

2022-11-10 [vendor] Bo Shen wallet compromise
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $42.0M (42,000,000 USD)

Incident Details

Bo Shen, a general partner at Fenbushi Capital and an early adopter of cryptocurrencies, tweeted on November 22 that two weeks prior, someone had stolen $42 million in cryptocurrencies from his personal wallet. “The stolen assets are personal funds and do not affect on Fenbushi related entities,” he wrote.Analysis by the crypto security firm SlowMist attributed the theft to a compromise of Shen’s seed phrase. Shen had been using the Trust Wallet software, though the theft does not appear to be related to security issues with the wallet software.

Total loss estimated at $42,000,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Seed phrase / wallet compromise
Vendor / Product
Bo Shen wallet compromise

Timeline

  1. 2022-11-10 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-11-10 Publicly disclosed