Cryptocurrency hacking group, Pink Drainer has been linked to the latest $4.4 million LINK consumer drain, growing the variety of their victims to 9,068 with a complete of $18.7 million stolen.
In line with on-chain analytics firm Etherscan, one other consumer has fallen sufferer via an elevated allowance transaction. The consumer was drained of about 275,700 LINK value roughly $4.4 million from two separate transactions.
one other sufferer misplaced $4.4 million value of LINK to phishing scams about 2 hours in the past.https://t.co/B4Z3yWrH7e https://t.co/6n6m0lZQK4 pic.twitter.com/6zSWTp8G6d
— Rip-off Sniffer | Web3 Anti-Rip-off (@realScamSniffer) December 29, 2023
The primary flagged transaction was 68,925 LINK to Pink Drainer as famous by Etherscan whereas a subsequent transaction of 206,775 LINK was despatched to a different pockets.
A number of analysts have confirmed the incident and highlighted the necessity for extra vigilance because the hacking group has been linked to extra scams prior to now including that some accounts may be susceptible.
Reddit consumer jbtravel84 gave an analysis on the problem flagging wallets linked to the incidents warning funds are getting swapped to Ethereum (ETH) and moved into middleman addresses including that slightly extra investigation may reveal the culprits behind the wallets.
In line with the analysts, the hacker is linked to a well-liked hacking group that has carried out a number of scams beforehand. The incident has sparked outrage amongst customers within the trade calling for extra disclosure and on holders to train further warning.
Rip-off Sniffer has famous that Pink Drainer is chargeable for the theft and marked 10 fraudulent web sites linked to the hacking group within the final 24 hours. It’s nonetheless unclear how the sufferer started interacting with the fraudulent web site.
Pink Drainer never-ending scams
This incident is just not the primary time the notorious group has struck stealing hundreds of thousands from victims sadly including to the checklist of rising trade rip-off numbers.
In June, the group was linked to a scam involving $3.3 million from 2,300 victims. Rip-off Sniffer famous that the unhealthy actors posed as journalists from digital asset information web sites conducting interviews main as much as a Know-your-customer course of after which the ultimate compromise.
“Hackers ship phishing hyperlinks via Discord accounts they’ve gained entry to. Many customers have opened malicious web sites in error and signed malicious signatures, ensuing within the lack of their property.”
The blockchain safety agency analyzed a number of blockchains and concluded that every one Discord assaults might be linked to the identical group.
“By analyzing the malicious web sites created by Pink Drainer prior to now month, we discovered that many Discord hacks are associated to them,” they added.
It was additionally reported that 216 customers of the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Slingshot have been victims of an exploit in June. Per the report, the hacking group compromised the Twitter account of the platform and posted a false hyperlink to assert airdrops draining accounts within the course of.