{"id":86345,"date":"2023-10-30T10:30:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T08:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=86345"},"modified":"2025-09-13T05:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T02:00:55","slug":"lastpass-breach-victims-lose-4-4m-in-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/lastpass-breach-victims-lose-4-4m-in-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"LastPass breach victims lose $4.4m in a day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a single day, at least 25 people lost cryptocurrency worth $4.4 million from 80 wallets. The incident followed a <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/scam-deals-with-ton-domains-a-major-twitter-data-leak-and-other-cybersecurity-developments\">data leak<\/a> from the LastPass password manager in December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-lang=\\\"en\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Just on October 25, 2023 alone another ~$4.4M was drained from 25+ victims as a result of the LastPass hack. <\/p>\n<p>Cannot stress this enough, if you believe you may have ever stored your seed phrase or keys in LastPass migrate your crypto assets immediately. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/26HsxrlnCb\\\">pic.twitter.com\/26HsxrlnCb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ZachXBT (@zachxbt) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zachxbt\/status\/1717901088521687330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">October 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>On-chain sleuth going by the nickname ZachXBT said that, together with MetaMask developer Taylor Monahan, he is tracking the movement of funds from addresses compromised on Oct. 25.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\" data-lang=\\\"en\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Here\u2019s all of the related addresses myself and <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tayvano_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@tayvano_<\/a> collected from Oct 25. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/hsXaUi8Fhg\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/hsXaUi8Fhg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you suspect you were already a victim of the LastPass hack send a DM with the txn hashes of the theft.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ZachXBT (@zachxbt) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zachxbt\/status\/1717903968037179768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">October 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\"><p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most, if not all, the victims are long-time LastPass users and\/or confirm that they stored their keys or seed phrases in the service,&#8221; Monahan said in a Chainabuse report.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, LastPass <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/trojan-for-bitcoin-wallets-okta-breach-and-other-cybersecurity-events\">confirmed<\/a> that attackers gained access to the encrypted data of the password vault. The developers assured that the information remains confidential thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-zero-knowledge-proof\">zero-knowledge disclosure architecture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In September, cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs <a href=\\\"https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2023\/09\/experts-fear-crooks-are-cracking-keys-stolen-in-lastpass-breach\/\\\">wrote<\/a> that experts found cryptocurrency theft totaling more than $35 million affecting about 150 confirmed victims. All of them were LastPass users.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\"><p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The profile of the victims is the most striking. They are all sufficiently security-conscious. They are deeply embedded in this ecosystem, including employees of reputable crypto organisations, venture capitalists, people who built DeFi protocols, deployed smart contracts, and operated full nodes,&#8221; Monahan said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to researchers, as a result of the LastPass data leak, an an employee of the well-known analytics firm Chainalysis lost several million in digital assets. The firm confirmed the incident but declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In the third quarter of 2023, the crypto industry <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/report-losses-from-hacks-and-scams-in-q3-total-889-million\">lost about $889.3 million<\/a> due to hacks, fraud and rug pulls, Beosin reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a single day, at least 25 people lost cryptocurrency worth $4.4 million from 80 wallets. 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