Fantom Foundation employee lost $7 million in hacking attack
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A new one was added to the major hacking incidents in the cryptocurrency industry yesterday. An employee of the Fantom Foundation had $7 million worth of crypto money stolen in a hacking attack. The statement came from Andre Cronje, the most well-known name of the Fantom project.
In his statement, Cronje also said, "All assets of the Foundation are safe. However, one of our employees became a victim of a hacking attack and had his personal cryptocurrencies stolen."
An administrator on Fantom's Telegram channel stated that the attack was through an add-on on the Chrome browser.
While the hacker stole 4,500 ETH worth $7 million from the foundation employee, the foundation's $500,000 ETH fell into the hands of the attacker again.
Fantom Foundation stated that it continues to investigate the details of the attack.
$FTM
A new one was added to the major hacking incidents in the cryptocurrency industry yesterday. An employee of the Fantom Foundation had $7 million worth of crypto money stolen in a hacking attack. The statement came from Andre Cronje, the most well-known name of the Fantom project.
In his statement, Cronje also said, "All assets of the Foundation are safe. However, one of our employees became a victim of a hacking attack and had his personal cryptocurrencies stolen."
An administrator on Fantom's Telegram channel stated that the attack was through an add-on on the Chrome browser.
While the hacker stole 4,500 ETH worth $7 million from the foundation employee, the foundation's $500,000 ETH fell into the hands of the attacker again.
Fantom Foundation stated that it continues to investigate the details of the attack.
