Executives of a VIP client of crypto exchange Binance were tricked and kidnapped in Montenegro during an alleged “business trip” in which they had to compulsorily comply with the thugs’ demands by emptying their crypto wallets.
In this “kidnapping hack,” the stolen funds amounted to $12.5 million.
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, and his team tracked the on-chain movement of the loot and managed to block up to 94% of the sum.
$11.8 million was freed in USDT and safely returned to a Tron wallet.
This story highlights the ferocity with which various criminals try everything to illegally obtain cryptocurrencies, even going as far as kidnapping and extortion.
Below are all the details.
Executives of a Binance client scammed for $12.5 million: kidnapped in Montenegro and forced to empty their crypto wallets
We are talking about a hack attack different from the usual methods by which cybercriminals manage to gain virtual access to the victim’s private keys through phishing, malwa
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