{"id":156111,"date":"2025-05-04T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/?p=156111"},"modified":"2025-05-04T01:29:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T22:29:38","slug":"330m-bitcoin-heist-traced-to-social-engineering-scam-targeting-u-s-senior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/330m-bitcoin-heist-traced-to-social-engineering-scam-targeting-u-s-senior\/","title":{"rendered":"$330M Bitcoin Heist Traced to Social Engineering Scam Targeting U.S. Senior"},"content":{"rendered":"
New developments in the investigation, led by well-known blockchain analyst ZachXBT, have shed light on how the attackers may have pulled it off.<\/p>\n
According to updates shared by ZachXBT, the victim appears to be an elderly individual based in the United States. While the full recovery of the funds remains unlikely, efforts from the analyst and cryptocurrency exchange Binance have managed to freeze approximately $7 million linked to the stolen funds.<\/p>\n
Investigators believe the attack may have stemmed from a phone-based scam operation, in which the perpetrators convinced the victim to grant access to their crypto wallet. This kind of manipulation, commonly referred to as social engineering, relies on psychological tactics rather than technical exploits to bypass security measures.<\/p>\n