Infamous Hacker Steals $1 Million Worth of Crypto Including Bored Ape NFT
Image Source: Pixabay An infamous scammer known as Monkey Drainer has drained approximately 700 ETH ($1 million) worth of crypto and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) over the past 24 hours. The prominent on-chain sleuth known as ZachXBT first broke the news, revealing that the scammer used phishing to drain user funds. He also managed to track and highlight the activity of the hacker. “Over the past 24 hrs ~700 ETH ($1m) has been stolen by the phishing scammer known as Monkey Drainer. They recently surpassed 7300 transactions from their drainer wallet after being around for only a few months,” the pseudonymous researcher said. The two biggest victims, 0x02a and 0x626, cumulatively lost $370,000 after signing transactions on phishing sites run by the hacker, according to ZachXBT. Victim 0x626 has lost the most. They held over $6.2 million worth of crypto in their wallet at the time but lost $220,000. "Luckily they rejected the other transactions," th...