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PANews|1月 17, 2026 00:39
[ZachXBT: A user lost over $282 million in LTC and BTC due to hardware wallet social engineering scam on January 11] According to monitoring by ZachXBT, around 7:00 (UTC+8) on January 11, a victim lost over $282 million worth of LTC and BTC due to a hardware wallet social engineering scam. The attacker subsequently converted the stolen LTC and BTC into Monero through multiple instant exchange platforms, causing a short-term surge in XMR prices. Some BTC was also cross-chained via Thorchain to Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin networks. The disclosed stolen addresses amount to approximately 2.05 million LTC and 1,459 BTC.
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