Data leak [loss] $32M+

Tweet by zachxbt

2023-05-23 [vendor] Morgan DF Fintoch exit
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $31.6M (31,600,000 USD)

Incident Details

A Ponzi scheme called Morgan DF Fintoch lured consumers by claiming to be owned by the American banking giant Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley themselves warned of the scheme, writing that it was an impersonator, and that any claims of affiliation were false. The government of Singapore also issued a warning about the firm in early May. The company advertised a wallet which they claimed would “pay 1% per day,36% 30 Days and 100% in 63 days”.On May 23, crypto sleuth zachxbt tweeted that the project appeared to have executed their exit scam, bridging around 31.6 million Tether to various addresses. Platform users began to report that they could not withdraw funds.

Total loss estimated at $31,600,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
On-chain theft (attributed by zachxbt)
Vendor / Product
Morgan DF Fintoch exit

Timeline

  1. 2023-05-23 Breach occurred
  2. 2023-05-23 Publicly disclosed