Data leak [loss] $59M+

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2023-12-21 [vendor] MS drainer
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $59.0M (58,980,000 USD)
Affected 63K individuals/accounts

Incident Details

A new wallet drainer tool has stolen $58.98 million in cryptocurrency assets from more than 63,000 victims in the past nine months. People using the drainer software have pulled in victims by running ads on Twitter and through Google ads, employing various tricks to thwart ad reviewers trying to thwart malicious ads on their platforms.

Total loss estimated at $58,980,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Smart contract exploit / hack
Vendor / Product
MS drainer

Timeline

  1. 2023-12-21 Breach occurred
  2. 2023-12-21 Publicly disclosed