{"id":16130,"date":"2024-08-15T15:39:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T12:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/suspects-arrested-in-italy-for-14-4-million-holograph-hack\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T15:39:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T12:39:23","slug":"suspects-arrested-in-italy-for-14-4-million-holograph-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/suspects-arrested-in-italy-for-14-4-million-holograph-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspects Arrested in Italy for $14.4 Million Holograph Hack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Europol officers have arrested two suspects in connection with the attack on the Holograph protocol, which resulted in damages amounting to $14.4 million, according to the project&#8217;s team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Holograph Hack Arrests<\/p>\n<p>After an incredibly intensive two-month pursuit by France&#8217;s Office for the Prevention of Cybercrime (OFAC), BRI, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Europol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Europol<\/a>, the Italian Directorate of Anti-Mafia Investigations, &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Policing_Cayman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Policing_Cayman<\/a> (RCIPS), we\u2019re grateful to share that multiple arrests have\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4ZF076tLkJ\">pic.twitter.com\/4ZF076tLkJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Holograph (@holographxyz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/holographxyz\/status\/1823819392750419984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The arrests were conducted in Italy with the assistance of French authorities. Law enforcement officials have frozen and seized a substantial amount of assets, as well as electronic equipment. <\/p>\n<p>The names of the suspects are not being disclosed due to the ongoing investigation. It is known <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leparisien.fr\/faits-divers\/13-millions-deuros-de-prejudice-soupconnes-davoir-vole-une-plate-forme-de-cryptomonnaie-deux-hommes-bientot-extrades-en-france-14-08-2024-TPUB2OM7ZRG2JLKUVOD3SYSLSI.php\">only<\/a> that they are &#8220;30-year-olds from Eastern countries.&#8221; They are expected to be extradited to France soon.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/holographxyz\/status\/1807946057235718349\">identified<\/a> a &#8220;disgruntled former contractor&#8221; as being involved in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>On June 13, a perpetrator hacked the smart contract of the Holograph protocol operator and issued 1 billion HLG worth $14.4 million. Subsequently, the native blockchain token plummeted by 80%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europol officers have arrested two suspects in connection with the attack on the Holograph protocol, which resulted in damages amounting to $14.4 million, according to the project&#8217;s team. Holograph Hack Arrests After an incredibly intensive two-month pursuit by France&#8217;s Office for the Prevention of Cybercrime (OFAC), BRI, @Europol, the Italian Directorate of Anti-Mafia Investigations, &#038; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[44,733],"class_list":["post-16130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cybercrime","tag-europe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"14","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}