largest publicly traded Bitcoin MicroStrategy’s X account, which holds its reserves, became the target of attackers. Hackers shared a fake airdrop to take advantage of this short-term opportunity.
Although the post was deleted in a short time, the post in question MicroStrategyIt was claimed that a token called MSTR, backed by BTC reserves, was launched. Of course, hackers targeted careless users by creating a fake token and airdrop program. According to on-chain data, the amount of assets stolen so far has exceeded $440,000.
The company has not yet made an official statement about the attack.
MicroStrategy, co-founded by Bitcoin maximalist Michal Saylor, had assets of 190,000 BTC, according to its Q4 2023 earnings report. This amounts to $9.8 billion at current market prices.
According to Web3 anti-fraud platform Scam Sniffer, approximately $300 million was lost due to crypto phishing scams in 2023 and more than 320 thousand users were targeted by such scam attacks.
We’ve found that there’s a theft almost every few days, usually related to airdrops or popular projects.
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