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Atomic Wallet faces cyber security incident, lost $35 mn

Atomic Wallet, a crypto wallet allowing users to store various cryptocurrencies, has faced a security breach and lost over $35 million in crypto assets since June 2.
Bitcoin cryptocurrencyZachXBT, an on-chain investigator, has been collecting transactions of funds stolen from Atomic Wallet victims and claimed that over $35 million in cryptocurrency has been stolen as a result of this cyber security incident.

”A new largest victim was found on Tron with 7.95 million USDT stolen. The five biggest losses account for $17 million,” ZachXBT tweeted.

“My graph has now surpassed $35 million in total stolen.”

Last week, Atomic Wallet tweeted that they had received reports of compromised wallets and had begun an investigation.

“We have received reports of wallets being compromised. We are doing all we can to investigate and analyse the situation. As we have more information, we will share it accordingly,” ZachXBT said in its tweet.

A tweet published today by the company said: “At the moment less than 1 percent of our monthly active users have been affected / reported. Last drained transaction was confirmed over 40 hours ago.”

“We report victim addresses to major exchanges & blockchain analytics to trace and block the stolen funds.”

Last month, a report showed that hackers stole over $400 million from crypto projects in 40 attacks in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023 in the US.

According to blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs, the amount of funds lost in the first quarter was 70 percent, down from the same period in 2022.

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