AlphaPo
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AlphaPo - REKT
$60M gone and it barely raises an eyebrow…
AlphaPo, a crypto payments processor for gambling platforms, lost $60M across ETH, TRON and BTC over the weekend.
The initial figure, reported by ZachXBT, sat at $23M before a further $37M were traced and added to the total yesterday.
Hypedrop, who rely on AlphaPo, have suspended deposits and have reassured users that withdrawals will eventually be paid out, but declined to mention the hack.
Both the attack type and pattern of transactions post-hack point to a certain set of state-sponsored cybercriminals:
This hack appears to likely have been done by Lazarus as they create a very distinct fingerprint on-chain.
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a centralised platform’s hot wallet drained…
Lazarus must have been focusing their efforts elsewhere.
Could this be the start of another CEX spearphishing spree?
As ever, stories of compromised hot wallets leave little to be said. The phishing techniques used by sophisticated groups …
$60M gone and it barely raises an eyebrow…
AlphaPo, a crypto payments processor for gambling platforms, lost $60M across ETH, TRON and BTC over the weekend.
The initial figure, reported by ZachXBT, sat at $23M before a further $37M were traced and added to the total yesterday.
Hypedrop, who rely on AlphaPo, have suspended deposits and have reassured users that withdrawals will eventually be paid out, but declined to mention the hack.
Both the attack type and pattern of transactions post-hack point to a certain set of state-sponsored cybercriminals:
This hack appears to likely have been done by Lazarus as they create a very distinct fingerprint on-chain.
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a centralised platform’s hot wallet drained…
Lazarus must have been focusing their efforts elsewhere.
Could this be the start of another CEX spearphishing spree?
As ever, stories of compromised hot wallets leave little to be said. The phishing techniques used by sophisticated groups …
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