On January 10, 2026, at approximately 11 PM UTC, a victim lost over $282 million worth of Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin (BTC) in a hardware wallet social engineering scam.
The attackers began exchanging the stolen Litecoin and Bitcoin for Monero (XMR) through multiple instant exchanges, causing the price of Monero to surge.
Furthermore, the attackers also bridged Bitcoin to Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin via Thorchain.
Stolen Addresses (2.05 million Litecoin, 1459 Bitcoin):
bc1qluxw46r55wf3dnk9c652vrt4duadm3hpuktf86
bc1qpsmh26ja0fzzf286zulmt9eywujc2pggj40wzm
ltc1qly43c2prj4c2e85dcspzpjd36jnapnenldnr70