{"id":154133,"date":"2023-09-12T11:11:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T05:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=154133"},"modified":"2023-09-12T11:11:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T05:41:07","slug":"hackers-behind-41m-stake-heist-shifts-bnb-matic-in-latest-move-certik-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/hackers-behind-41m-stake-heist-shifts-bnb-matic-in-latest-move-certik-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers behind $41M Stake heist shifts BNB, MATIC in latest move: CertiK – Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The hackers behind cryptocurrency casino Stake\u2019s $41 million hack<\/a>\u00a0have shifted another $328,000 million worth of Polygon (MATIC)<\/a> and Binance Coin (BNB)<\/a> tokens \u2014 its latest moves following the Sept. 4 exploit, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.<\/p>\n

The most recent transfer<\/a> involved 300 BNB tokens worth about $61,500 to an externally owned address \u201c0x695\u2026\u201d which were then bridged to the Avalanche blockchain on Sept. 11 at 4:09 pm UTC.<\/p>\n

Another 520,000 MATIC tokens worth over $266,000 were also moved<\/a> to Avalanche seven hours earlier at 7:18 am UTC.<\/p>\n

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#CertiKSkynetAlert<\/a> <\/p>\n

We are seeing a further movement of funds from the Stake exploiter.<\/p>\n

520k MATIC was swapped and bridged to Avalanche before being bridged to BTC as per other fund movements from the exploiter. <\/p>\n

See more on Skynet https:\/\/t.co\/Sdsfh29AoF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CertiK Alert (@CertiKAlert) September 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The 520,000 MATIC and 300 BNB \u2014 totaling $328,000 \u2014 add to the $4.5 million in stolen funds that were bridged to the Bitcoin blockchain (in the form of BTC<\/a>) on Sept. 7, according<\/a> to blockchain security firm Arkham.<\/p>\n

The total $4.8 million transferred however only represents 1.2% of the total $41 million stolen from the hackers.<\/p>\n

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Over the past 24 hours, the Hacker has been gradually bridging funds to the BTC Blockchain using a series of new wallets on Polygon and Avalanche.<\/p>\n

They have so far bridged $4.5M to BTC addresses, with the remaining $36M still held on ETH\/BNB\/Polygon. pic.twitter.com\/fiMy62ABwL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Arkham (@ArkhamIntel) September 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is understood the hacker gained access to the private key<\/a> of Stake\u2019s Binance Smart Chain and Ethereum hot wallets to perpetrate the hack on Sept. 4.<\/p>\n

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation believes\u00a0North Korea\u2019s Lazarus Group<\/a> was behind the exploit.<\/p>\n

Estimated funds lost from hacks, scams passes $1 billion<\/h3>\n

With $41 million stripped from Stake, the industry\u2019s malicious actors have now taken the cryptocurrency hacks and scams toll to well over $1 billion in 2023.<\/p>\n

CertiK previously reported the figure to be $997 million at the end of August<\/a>, though several attacks in the last two weeks will push the figure over the $1 billion mark.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Related: <\/em><\/strong>CertiK drops findings on alleged scammer who stole $1M in crypto<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In September, a cryptocurrency whale lost $24 million<\/a> in staked Ether (ETH) in a phishing attack on Sept. 6, and Vitalik Buterin\u2019s X (formerly Twitter) account was then compromised on Sept. 9, where the hacker then lured several victims into a nonfungible token scam<\/a> which totaled $691,000.<\/p>\n

The three incidents would take CertiK\u2019s August figure to at least $1.04 billion.<\/p>\n

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Crypto Hacks And Scams Reach Nearly a Billion Dollars In 2023!<\/p>\n

\u2694\ufe0fThreatSlayer is your security sidekick that keeps you safe! pic.twitter.com\/pZmPCdZzP2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Interlock (@interlockweb3) September 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Other recent incidents include Pepe (PEPE)<\/a> coin\u2019s withdrawal incident which set back investors $13.2 million,<\/a> Exactly Protocol\u2019s $7.3 million exploit and an exposed security vulnerability on Balancer<\/a> which did $2.1 million in damage.<\/p>\n

Magazine: <\/em><\/strong>$3.4B of Bitcoin in a popcorn tin \u2014 The Silk Road hacker\u2019s story<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The hackers behind cryptocurrency casino Stake\u2019s $41 million hack\u00a0have shifted another $328,000 million worth of Polygon (MATIC) and Binance Coin (BNB) tokens \u2014 its latest moves following the Sept. 4 exploit, according to blockchain security firm CertiK. The most recent transfer involved 300 BNB tokens worth about $61,500 to an externally owned address \u201c0x695\u2026\u201d which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[235,203,210,234,231,232,237,238,236,233],"class_list":["post-154133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto-currency","tag-elon-musk","tag-ethereum","tag-hyperledger","tag-ibm","tag-mining","tag-nodes","tag-spacex","tag-tesla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154133"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154136,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154133\/revisions\/154136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}