Data leak
[loss] $4M+
Tweet by Scam Sniffer
Primary Source ↗Financial Loss
$4.4M
(4,400,000 USD)
Incident Details
Someone had a not so fun end to the year when they fell victim to a phishing attack and had around 275,700 LINK drained from their crypto wallet. Those tokens are priced at around $4.4 million.The attack was perpetrated by the Pink Drainer group, which had recently compromised the Twitter account of Compound Finance to try to lure its more than 250,000 followers into authorizing the malicious drainer. It’s not clear if that’s how this wallet was drained, however, as Pink Drainer uses numerous strategies to attract victims.
Total loss estimated at $4,400,000.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Phishing attack
- Vendor / Product
- Wallet gets phished for $4.4 million
Timeline
- 2023-12-28 Breach occurred
- 2023-12-28 Publicly disclosed