Tools Crypto Exploit Tracker exploit-0117
Exploit record
Bitcoin Theft
- Loss
- $331M
- Attack vector
- Phishing
- Chain
- Bitcoin
- Sector
- Wallet
What happened
On April 27, 2025, 3,520 BTC -- about $330.7M -- was stolen from an elderly US victim in a social-engineering attack, then funnelled through instant exchanges into Monero, briefly spiking XMR's price.
This was one of those rare incidents large enough to shake adjacent markets. Laundering pressure into XMR caused a visible price reaction. ZachXBT traced the theft and identified the victim as an elderly person in the US targeted through social engineering. Roughly $7M was later frozen with Binance's help, but the vast majority was successfully laundered through privacy rails.
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