The world of cryptography has just seen one of the most ironic cases of poetic justice of all time. The pirate who destroyed Uxlink And stole millions of people has just been scammed millions by another group of criminals. You really can’t write this kind of thing.
This is what happened: the Uxlink attacker had been sitting pretty after having succeeded in a massive breakage on September 22. They managed to hack the web3 platform powered by AI by exploiting administration privileges and succeeded in $ 4 million in stablecoins, wrapped bitcoin and a bunch of Ethereum. But it was not enough for them.
The gourmet hacker then struck 2 billion unauthorized UXLink tokens and started to empty them on the scholarships, which makes around $ 28 million in the process. They probably thought they were untouchable at that time. Large error.
Enter Inferno Draneur, a notorious group that manages phishing scams as a business. These guys are pros to create false websites and authorization traps that encourage people to give their access to their wallet. Hacker Uxlink apparently fell for one of their basic tips and lost 542 million UXLink tokens worth more than $ 50 million.
The whole situation is absolutely wild when you think about it. This person was intelligent enough to exploit the safety defects of an important platform, but silent enough to get caught by the same type of scam they probably use on other people. A security expert even pointed out that the pirate fell for exactly the same authorization tips they had used against Uxlink.
Conclusion
This bizarre turn highlights the ultimate irony of cryptographic crime: even qualified pirates can be the prey of scams. The fall reminds us that the blinds of greed, and in this world, the karma moves faster than the blockchain.
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