{"id":63032,"date":"2023-10-28T02:48:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T06:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=63032"},"modified":"2023-10-28T02:50:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T06:50:18","slug":"lastpass-hack-drains-4-4m-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/lastpass-hack-drains-4-4m-in-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"LastPass Hack Drains $4.4m in One Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The LastPass hack claimed 25 victims on October 25th, draining $4.4 million from several crypto wallets<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Users of the LastPass attack from earlier this year still suffer large losses. On October 25, a security attack<\/a> in the LastPass password management system caused around $4.4 million to be taken from over 25 victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just on October 25, 2023 alone another ~$4.4M was drained from 25+ victims as a result of the LastPass hack.

Cannot stress this enough, if you believe you may have ever stored your seed phrase or keys in LastPass migrate your crypto assets immediately. pic.twitter.com\/26HsxrlnCb\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/p>— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) October 27, 2023<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/blockquote>

For cryptocurrency owners who kept their wallet keys in the program, the LastPass hack resulted in large financial losses due to illegal access to user accounts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The major objective of the cybercriminals behind the attack is crypto exfiltration, which is why they deliberately targeted seed phrases and wallet keys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, there is a troubling resemblance among the victim profiles impacted thus far this year. These users have a deep connection to the cryptocurrency ecosystem; some examples include VCs, smart contract developers, DeFi protocol developers<\/a>, and workers of crypto companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is “LastPass Hack”? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A popular password manager called LastPass was created to protect users' login information. The term “LastPass Hack” describes a system security breach in which private data kept in a user's LastPass account gets accessed by unauthorized parties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A number of customers complained earlier this year that they had lost sizable amounts of money from their cryptocurrency wallets, which were accessed through LastPass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January, the US District Court of Massachusetts<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> also brought legal action against the corporation for neglecting to secure consumer data. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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