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Based on security monitoring by blockchain research platform SharkTeam, ChainAegis and Hotbit News defrauded their subscribers by taking roughly $1,700,000 in assets.
Rich Quack is one of the main casualties as it lost $254,000 as a result of the fraud.
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The QUACK tokens, which belonged to owners on the PancakeSwap cryptocurrency market, were sold by Hotbit for 256 trillion, according to the project team. Also lost were about $100,000 worth of the organization’s own QUACK and USDT tokens.
The projects BabyDogeCoin and DogelonMars were more victims of the con. They together suffered a $1 million asset loss. Analysts think other projects might be impacted, though. As a result, SharkTeam warned all of ChainAegis and Hotbit News’ partners to be on the lookout and take prompt security steps.
Shortly after launching, Chibi Finance, a DeFi startup in the second layer network on Decision, stole tokens worth $1 million. In order to steal user cash from Chibi smart contracts, the project’s creators implemented a malicious contract. A total of 555 ether (ETH) were taken out of the protocol, amounting to nearly $1 million.
The crypto business lost $655.61 million overall in the first half of 2023 as a result of hacks, phishing schemes, and rag pulls. The hackers executed 108 protocol assaults, 110 rag pulls, and many phishing schemes in total. The consequence was that they each appropriated $471.43 million, $75.87 million, and $108 million.
75.6 percent of the coins lost in the first half of 2023 were on the Ethereum network. Assets released on the Binance Smart Chain network came in second.