– The hackers behind the $41 million hack of cryptocurrency casino Stake have moved an additional $328,000 worth of Polygon (MATIC) and BNB (BNB) tokens.
– The recent transfer involved 300 BNB tokens and 520,000 MATIC tokens, which were bridged to the Avalanche blockchain.
– This adds to the $4.5 million in stolen funds that were already bridged to the Bitcoin blockchain.
– The total amount transferred represents only 1.2% of the total $41 million stolen.
– The hacker gained access to Stake’s Binance Smart Chain and Ethereum hot wallets on Sept. 4.
– The FBI believes North Korea’s Lazarus Group was behind the exploit.
– The total amount lost to cryptocurrency hacks and scams in 2023 has now surpassed $1 billion.
– Recent incidents include a phishing attack that resulted in a loss of $24 million in staked Ether and a compromised Twitter account that led to a $691,000 NFT scam.
– Other notable incidents include Pepe coin’s withdrawal incident ($13.2 million loss), Exactly Protocol’s exploit ($7.3 million loss), and a security vulnerability on Balancer ($2.1 million loss).
