Mysterious Hack Drains $10 Million from Crypto Whales and Early Crypto Investors – What's Going On?
A mysterious hack has drained more than $10 million worth of ETH and other tokens from a large number of crypto whales. The theft was first reported by a developer for the popular browser-based wallet MetaMask known as T...
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The theft was first reported by a developer for the popular browser-based wallet MetaMask known as Tay, who wrote on Twitter on Tuesday that “Its rekt my friends & OGs who are reasonably secure.”
“No one knows how,” Tay added....
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