Investigations by ZachXBT
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Community Alert: A number of large accounts on X currently have their account compromised and are posting the same meme coin scam.

Would imagine these accounts all connected to a site/app and gave permissions to post.

Reminder to always go to X settings and revoke connected apps you do not use.

Settings -> Security and account access -> Apps and Sessions or Connected apps then periodically revoke inactive ones.
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Imagine compromising this many large acounts on X/Twitter and only making $8.5K off the scam from pulling the LP…
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My new post sharing an investigation on a $243M theft from last month which lead to multiple arrests and $9M+ frozen

https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1836752923830702392?
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Have seen an uptick in irl robberies targeting crypto traders located in Western Europe over the past few months.

The cases all involve known people in the crypto community where they were held at gunpoint.

As the rest of the cycle continues be extra mindful of who you share your wins with and meet up with irl.
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In the past hour a victim was drained for 12K spWETH ($32.4M)

Theft txn hash
0xf7c00f18175cdea49f8fdad6a1d45edeb318f18f3009f51ab9f4675171c1d8fb

Theft address
0x471c725Bd1F29850CBb8eeA4cdf6c9Ce3caC5607

h/t ScamSniffer
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I went and attributed 15 exchange hot wallets on Starknet so they would be publicly tagged on block explorers as I noticed none were previously tagged anywhere (sharing them below).

Which ecosystem should I do next?

Any interested teams send me a message on X/Twitter.

Binance 0x0213c67ed78bc280887234fe5ed5e77272465317978ae86c25a71531d9332a2d
OKX 0x0269ea391a9c99cb6cee43ff589169f547cbc48d7554fdfbbfa7f97f516da700
Bybit 0x076601136372fcdbbd914eea797082f7504f828e122288ad45748b0c8b0c9696
Kraken 0x620102ea610be8518125cf2de850d0c4f5d0c5d81f969cff666fb53b05042d2
Kucoin 0x0566ec9d06c79b1ca32970519715a27f066e76fac8971bbd21b96a50db826d90
HTX 0x03fd14213a96e9d90563ebe1b224f357c6481a755ee6f046c8ce9acd9b8654a7
MEXC 0x069a7818562b608ce8c5d0039e7f6d1c6ee55f36978f633b151858d85c022d2f
Gate 0x00e91830f84747f37692127b20d4e4f9b96482b1007592fee1d7c0136ee60e6d
Bitget 0x0299b9008e2d3fa88de6d06781fc9f32f601b2626cb0efa8e8c19f2b17837ed1
HitBTC 0x04b555a99b585adf082754e5ea36e4202f13efa649e6ac16dfe8c0e217c454bc
CoinEX 0x00fb108ed29e1b5d82bb61a39a15bbab410543818bf7df9be3c0f5dd0d612cf3
ChangeNow 0x062b6edccf9d86aff918634e53f3fac9545a8bcf84bcb59a0a09f9194d18282d
XT 0x0786c463590ca32345e0118a0303a8f66af10882d7315ce282840feb5d6817f9
Bitrue 0x01a103074e6ea2f988b427c77e671207c20d6005d407a685eeee2e1f61028392
Bitmart 0x04de639e634c071c3ce8b1c69fac0500aab5ddb25a08fd0f757176243e4c0467
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Investigations by ZachXBT
I went and attributed 15 exchange hot wallets on Starknet so they would be publicly tagged on block explorers as I noticed none were previously tagged anywhere (sharing them below). Which ecosystem should I do next? Any interested teams send me a message…
Probably will do Solana, Sui, Base, Arbitrum, or Aptos at some point as the exchange attribution on those chains is awful for anyone who frequently checks the chain.
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Eigenlayer X/Twitter account is currently compromised do not click any links.
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Tapioca DAO hack is likely the result of a team member downloading malware as the theft is tied on-chain to other recent hacks such as Nexera, Concentric, Masa, SpaceCatch, Reach, Serenity Shield, MurAll, etc I have previously covered which were the result of fake job scams (contagious interview)

Stolen funds from this incident were bridged from Arbitrum to BSC where ~$4.7M currently sits.
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Investigations by ZachXBT
Tapioca DAO hack is likely the result of a team member downloading malware as the theft is tied on-chain to other recent hacks such as Nexera, Concentric, Masa, SpaceCatch, Reach, Serenity Shield, MurAll, etc I have previously covered which were the result…
It also looks like Masa never disclosed their hack to the community for six figures on September 20, 2024.

Here are the theft addresses below and a screenshot of outflows from the Masa deployer
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0x6483c58f4fd3c07ddad4c9b9b2756dc963d5dc0b
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Looks like the crypto payments provider Transak was recently breached by a ransomware group who claims responsibility.

Transak in a blog post earlier today stated it is limited to names and basic identity info for a small portion of users while the ransomware group alleges it also includes PII and is a larger set of users.

According to Transak's website it has been integrated by Metamask, Trust Wallet, Coinbase, Ledger, etc for fiat to crypto on/off ramps
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Investigations by ZachXBT
Looks like the crypto payments provider Transak was recently breached by a ransomware group who claims responsibility. Transak in a blog post earlier today stated it is limited to names and basic identity info for a small portion of users while the ransomware…
Update: Looks like Transak corrected the blog after my post to say the breach also included ID documents (passport, driver license, etc) and user selfies unlike what they previously said.
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Looks like $20M of seized funds tied to the US Government was likely stolen in the past hour.

Theft address
0x3486ee700ccaf3e2f9c5ec9730a2e916a4740a9f
0xbf6f7c503e858aded4e18ce2bcf93846fd726c15
0x15d0a31ed5050ed8decd3c101aaee0b2ad2e6441
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Investigations by ZachXBT
Looks like $20M of seized funds tied to the US Government was likely stolen in the past hour. Theft address 0x3486ee700ccaf3e2f9c5ec9730a2e916a4740a9f 0xbf6f7c503e858aded4e18ce2bcf93846fd726c15 0x15d0a31ed5050ed8decd3c101aaee0b2ad2e6441
Update: The threat actor just transferred $19.2M back to the compromised US government address in the last 30 minutes.

This amount does not include the funds already transferred to instant exchanges (Switchain, HitBTC, N Exchange).
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The crypto exchange M2 was hacked for ~$13M from hot wallets on multiple chains yesterday.

Theft addresses
ETH: 0x968b6984cba14444f23ee51be90652408155e142
BTC: bc1qu4kh7wa38xpkrp8frgxl4sak88wx0jug8n3vfj
SOL: EKko14NvgqdvNttUb8JjXkVGuUs6BTikjfN3hqW4LQoL
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I did some initial tracing for the Andy Ayrey (Truth Terminal creator) hack this week which lead to $1.5M+ stolen from deploying multiple bundled meme coins and found one of the people involved in the incident appears to be a FWOG whale.

Theft consolidation address
0xcd27994d2a460e3f7bdee75974188040d7fe723e
6haUPtErdx5g88G6Rv4itwB37XzqvRjaCuJnn4J85Pro
Apc3eA9ScQksuZvfURQswZwVkusEYRaqeKEv4eXXbRZm
CAwocNV1VaEmXoi2XPnfcYZSxnJ3fBTiWNgtPtF3nriH

Holder address
AtdSsizerZZMVuStX4Ji5kAY1bPnNi9LdymfQ4DWuLcr
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Looks like the crypto casino Metawin was exploited for $4M+ on Ethereum and Solana earlier today.

See 115+ theft addresses tied to the exploiter here.

So far stolen funds have been transferred to Kucoin and a HitBTC nested service.
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Investigations by ZachXBT
I did some initial tracing for the Andy Ayrey (Truth Terminal creator) hack this week which lead to $1.5M+ stolen from deploying multiple bundled meme coins and found one of the people involved in the incident appears to be a FWOG whale. Theft consolidation…
Do not buy the Wiz Khalifa Pump Fun it's the same hacker who compromised Andy Ayrey (Truth Terminal creator) the other day.
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