A bitcoiner lost $ 91 million in a single transaction against a social engineering attack on Tuesday, with funds and then sent to a Bitcoin portfolio focused on privacy, according to the Zachxbt blockchain investigator.
The victim was deceived by impostors pretending to exchange crypto and material portfolio support, losing 783 bitcoin (BTC) in a single transaction, Zachxbt said in a Post X on Thursday.
Blockchain data shows that the flight occurred on Tuesday at 11:06 am UTC, and the operator began to whiten the stolen funds a day later thanks to the Wasabi wallet focused on the Bitcoin confidentiality to hide the stolen funds, said Zachxbt.
Social engineering attacks imply that attackers encourage people to reveal sensitive information, such as their private keys or passwords, allowing attackers to steal funds. These exploits were endemic in crypto, targeting everyone, sophisticated cryptography investors to the elderly.
Asked about how we can avoid being managed socially, Zachxbt said to assume that each call or e-mail received is a “default scam”.
Zachxbt excludes pirates from North Korea
Although Zachxbt does not name any suspects, he excluded the Lazarus group supported by the North Korean state as a potential culprit.
The striker received the funds at a clean Bitcoin portfolio address – “BC1QYXYK” – before using the confidentiality characteristics of Wasabi Wallet to try to hide them.
Zachxbt added that, by coincidence, the attack occurred exactly a year after the flight of creditor of Genesis of 243 million dollars.
Scammers Usorating the Crypto Equipment Wallet Suppliers
Scholars frequently come from the providers of cryptographic material portfolios such as the big book and Trezor using sophisticated methods.
At the end of April, imitating big book scammers sent letters to pretend to be the company, asking users of secret recovery sentences to cryptographic wallets to try to take control of the aircraft.
They said that a “critical security update” should be carried out on their devices and that non-compliance can “lead to restricted access to your wallet and funds”.
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The same month, an elderly American citizen lost more than $ 330 million in Bitcoin for a social engineering attack, sending shock waves in industry.
Crypto flight is still an industry of several billion dollars
More than 2.1 billion dollars were stolen from crypto -related attacks in the first five months of 2025, with most losses from portfolio compromises and phishing attacks, said the blockchain security company Certik in June.
The largest incident was by far the feat of $ 1.4 billion in crypto exchange in February, stressing that even large, largely verified cryptographic platforms remain in danger.
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