Markets Hacker steals $282 million crypto in hardware wallet social-engineering attack By info@uweb3.io January 16, 2026 Share This Post FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp A sophisticated social-engineering attack led to the theft of more than $282 million in BTC and LTC, with the funds rapidly laundered through monero. TagsattackCryptoHackerhardwaremillionsocialengineeringstealsWallet Related Posts Thailand Central Bank Audits USDT Amid Gray Money Crackdown Thailand’s central bank is stepping up stablecoin surveillance as... What recent U.S.-Iran strikes mean for bitcoin, ether, solana The moves priced a single fear, that a wider... Signs of life?: State of Crypto But the 2026 midterm election is coming up quite... Bitcoin nears the $58,000 floor that has marked every cycle bottom since 2015 Jurrien Timmer, Fidelity's director of global macro, says bitcoin... Stablecoins see biggest drop since 2022 crypto winter led by Tether (USDT), Circle’s USDC decline The combined market capitalization of major stablecoins fell from... Cambridge Compares Ethereum Energy Use With PoS Networks A new Cambridge study placed Ethereum near the lower... Previous articleBelarus Introduces State-Regulated CryptobanksNext articleTom Lee's BitMine pushes Ethereum into $8 billion staking backlog
