Data leak [loss] $2M+

"United States Files Forfeiture Action to Recover Cryptocurrency Traceable to Pig Butchering Romance Scam"

2024-03-13 [vendor] Massachusetts crypto romance
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $2.3M (2,300,000 USD)

Incident Details

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Massachusetts announced that they had filed a civil forfeiture action to seize cryptocurrency priced at around $2.3 million from two Binance accounts. Those accounts had received cryptocurrency of various kinds from at least 37 American victims, one of whom was based in Massachusetts and who lost $400,000 in crypto assets to the scammers.

Total loss estimated at $2,300,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Smart contract exploit / hack
Vendor / Product
Massachusetts crypto romance

Timeline

  1. 2024-03-13 Breach occurred
  2. 2024-03-13 Publicly disclosed