A co-founder of THORChain had roughly $1.35 million taken from a forgotten MetaMask wallet after attackers used a hacked Telegram account and a fake Zoom meeting to gain access to his stored keys, according to reports. The theft was first flagged on-chain and later confirmed by multiple news outlets and investigators.

THORChain: Multi-Stage Scam

Based on reports, the scheme began when an associate’s Telegram was compromised and a malicious meeting link was circulated. The target joined what appeared to be a legitimate video call, but the feed was fake.

Attackers then exploited access to the victim’s iCloud Keychain and browser profile to extract private keys tied to an old wallet, which was drained of about $1.35 million in crypto.

$1.35M was stolen from a Thorchain cofounder. Yet anot

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