Data leak [loss] $4M+

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2023-12-28 [vendor] Wallet gets phished for $4.4 million
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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

  1. 2023-12-28 Breach occurred
  2. 2023-12-28 Publicly disclosed