US user loses $3 million in XRP in wallet hack
A US man lost about $3 million worth of XRP after his Ellipal hardware wallet was hacked. The stolen funds were moved to sanctioned money launderers, and a possible link to a Cambodian group was raised.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- About $3 million in XRP
- Cause / method
- Hack of an Ellipal hardware wallet
- Location
- United States
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Exposed dataCrypto assets
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Timeline
- The US man's loss of about $3 million in XRP to hacking and a possible link to a Cambodian group became known.
- It became known that XRP stolen from the Ellipal wallet had been moved to sanctioned money launderers.
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