⚠️ JUST IN: The FBI has placed a $10M bounty on the threat actor behind the compromise of FBI Director personal email

Authorities are looking for leads on the threat actor who compromised the Director’s personal email account via hacking and social engineering.

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⚠️ JUST IN: One of the largest Bitcoin holders has lost access to their wallet after losing the seed phrase.

The early whale bought 8900+ BTC in 2010, with holdings once peaking near $1B. The wallet still holds ~$600M, but is now considered permanently inaccessible due to the lost recovery phrase.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Crypto exchange exploited for ~$250K after mispricing Solana at $2.65

The exchange accidentally allowed users to buy 1 SOL (worth ~$82) for just $2.65, leading to instant abuse.

One exploiter traded ~$4K USDC for 2,400+ Solana (~$195K) before the exchange fixed the pricing.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Malicious crypto drainer compromises Steakhouse Financial app & website

A wallet drainer has been injected, meaning any interaction could result in funds being drained.

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⚠️ JUST IN: FBI arrests threat actor behind $51M theft from a crypto exchange in 2021

The attacker exploited a crypto exchange, stealing ~$51M before laundering the funds through tornado cash and spending a majority of it on Pokémon cards.

He is now facing up to 10 years for fraud and up to 20 years for money laundering.

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⚠️JUST IN: Memecoin trader gets drained for ~1,100 SOL (~$91K) live on stream

The trader was actively trading and up ~$87K before the compromise. Shortly after, all SOL from his Phantom wallet was drained, likely via a phishing wallet approval.

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⚠️JUST IN: Axios has been compromised with malware distributed via updates and downloads

Axios has 100M+ weekly downloads. Any install pulling the latest update will install crypto malware on your device and is compromised.

Do not update or install Axios until further notice.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Per ZachXBT, a Kraken user just lost ~$18.2M to a social engineering scam

One hour ago, a whale was social engineered out of $18M+ in ETH and BTC. The threat actors have already begun laundering the stolen funds.

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⚠️JUST IN: Cryptocurrency exchange compromised via social engineering, resulting in ~$8.8M stolen

Threat actors targeted an employee with access to the exchange’s private keys, ultimately gaining control over reserve funds.

Shortly after the compromise, over $8M was stolen, including ~15 BTC.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Drift Protocol exploited for over $200M in ETH and SOL

Attackers have withdrawn $200M+ in cryptocurrencies over the past hour, marking one of the largest crypto thefts so far in 2026.

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⚠️ UPDATE: Another ~$70M+ has been stolen, bringing total losses to ~$280M+

An admin with access to the ~$285M was social engineered and provided private keys to the attackers, ultimately leading to the theft.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Trust Wallet Discord vanity URL stolen, per ZachXBT

Attackers have taken control of the official vanity link and redirected it to a phishing server which prompts users to connect their wallet.

Trust Wallet social media accounts still have the malicious vanity URL linked, so avoid joining for now.

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⚠️ UPDATE: Drift confirms the $280M theft was caused by a sophisticated social engineering attack

An admin with access to private keys controlling ~$280M in Solana was targeted via a phone call and ultimately handed access to the attackers, leading to the theft.

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⚠️ JUST IN: FBI recovers ~$600K in crypto tied to a social engineering scam targeting Ledger users

Law enforcement traced the flow of funds and seized ~$600K in USDT linked to the attack.

The victims entered their seed phrase into a fake Ledger phishing site, leading to the theft.

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⚠️JUST IN: ZachXBT releases “USDC Files” after ~$420M was stolen since 2022

Per ZachXBT, the USDC contract includes a freeze/blacklist function, yet funds tied to exploits have never been frozen over the past 4 years.

Over $400M+ in USDC was successfully laundered as a result of them not freezing theft funds.

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⚠️JUST IN: Drift releases findings on $280M theft and how it occurred

Per Drift, their employees were approached at a crypto conference by attackers using highly sophisticated social engineering.

This led to a Telegram group being formed between the attackers and employees. After ~6 months of establishing trust, the attackers compromised Drift’s wallet by sending malicious files and a fake crypto wallet.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Threat actors lose 59+ BTC (~$4M+) after attempting to launder all of it at once

Threat actors attempting to launder stolen funds were impacted by withdrawal limits, with the platform only allowing ~$50K per transaction.

As a result, over $4M+ remains effectively locked on the exchange.

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