An unknown hacker attacked the Monero community wallet. As a result of the hack, all funds stored in the crowdfunding account were stolen. stated developers.
The incident occurred on September 1, but details of the incident were revealed only on November 2. A developer under the pseudonym luigi1111 spoke about the attack on his GitHub page.
A crypto wallet containing 2,675.73 XMR (at the time of writing, about $444,000) came under attack. This is a crowdfunding account for funding projects to develop the Monero ecosystem.
The developers do not know how the hacker gained access to the assets. The team speculated that the hack may have been part of a series of attacks targeting Monero since April 2023.
Some community members have pointed out the possibility of wallet keys being leaked. In their opinion, confidential information could have ended up on the network due to online access to the Ubuntu server. In 2020, a blockchain node and a crypto wallet address were set up on it.
Monero founder Ricardo Spagni was previously accused of secretly collaborating with Interpol. Rumors that the developer has been an informant for the agency since 2021 were spread by one of the users of the social network X (formerly Twitter).
Source: Cryptocurrency
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