🚨 Forensics Alert On Jan 10, 2026, around 23:00 UTC, a victim lost over $282M in BTC and LTC following a hardware wallet social engineering attack. The attacker immediately began laundering the stolen BTC and LTC by converting them into Monero (XMR) through multiple instant exchanges, triggering a sharp spike in XMR market activity. In parallel, a portion of the BTC was bridged via Thorchain into other networks including Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin, indicating a multi chain obfuscation strategy. 📊 Stolen amounts • 1,459 BTC • 2.05M LTC 📍 Primary theft addresses: BTC bc1qluxw46r55wf3dnk9c652vrt4duadm3hpuktf86 bc1qpsmh26ja0fzzf286zulmt9eywujc2pggj40wzm LTC ltc1qly43c2prj4c2e85dcspzpjd36jnapnenldnr70 #hacked #scams
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