Detective Blockchain Zachxbt discovered a high -level social engineering attack on Thursday, the victim losing 783 BTC worth around $ 91.4 million.
The scam took place on August 19 and involved the attacker pretending to be a support agent for a material portfolio before reproducing the victim to hand over the portfolio identification information.
The attack reflects a series of social engineering attacks in the past year and contributes to an already sad year in terms of hacks and scams, cryptographic investors losing $ 3.1 billion in the first half of 2025.
Once the malicious transfer has been carried out, the funds started their trip through a typical whitening process, with several deposits transformed into a Wasabi wallet, a confidentiality tool commonly used to obscure the path.
The hack occurred exactly a year after the flight of 243 million dollars of creditor in Genesis, a historic event that sent undulations to the industry and led to the arrest of 12 people in California in May.
