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Friend.tech users blame SIM swaps after more than 100 ETH drained in a week

Friend.tech users are warning of possible SIM-swap attacks after a recent spate of supposed hacks resulting in nearly 109 Ether (ETH) worth around $178,000 being drained from four users in under a week.On Sept. 30, the X (formerly Twitter) user known as “froggie.eth” warned their Friend.tech account was SIM-swapped —

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CoinEx hot wallets drained of $27.8m worth of crypto in ‘security incident’

CoinEx, the Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange, has become the subject of what it called a ‘security incident,’ with multiple suspicious transactions stemming from the platform’s Ethereum hot wallet. According to Cyvers Alerts, a hot wallet linked to the exchange continues to be drained of its contents. More than 27.8 million in losses Prior

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Vitalik Buterin’s Twitter Account Hacked, With $691K Drained From People’s Wallets

ZachXBT declined to speculate on whether Buterin was the victim of a "SIM swap" attack, stating that the Ethereum founder, who has 4.9 million followers on X, formerly Twitter, is a "big enough target to where an insider could have been paid off." SIM swapping involves taking control of someone's

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