On December 13, the owner of a hardware wallet known as “Anchor Drops” reported financial losses of 10 Bitcoin
btc
$101,486.17
stored in your Ledger Nano S wallet—a sum equivalent to almost a million dollars.
An X user, @kdean, shared ideas link the losses to a phishing transaction named “Fake_Phishing5443”.
The transaction was allegedly executed on February 22, 2022and involved the hacked Ethereum address
ETH
$3,924.45
revealed by the victim.
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Interestingly, suspected phishing activity It dates back to an incident that occurred over a year ago. but only now is it causing serious damage.
The victim shared her experience on X, stating:
Hi Ledger, tonight I lost 10 BTC and ~1.5 million NFTs stored on my Ledger Nano S.
The victim said that bought the wallet directly from Ledger and have stored the seed phrase in a safe place. They also claimed to have lost $1.5 million worth of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) stored in the same wallet.
Additional investigations by blockchain security platforms support this timeline and confirm that the malicious transaction detected by KDean was likely the cause of the theft of funds and digital assets.
This phishing attack is not the only way cryptocurrency holders have been targeted recently. Recently, a part-time job offer turned into a scam that wiped out a crypto wallet. How did the incident occur? Read the full story.
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