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Security Incident · Blockchain

Chris Larsen Private Key Leak: $112.50M Reported Loss

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Incident Overview

On January 31st, according to blockchain investigator ZachXBT, Ripple fell victim to a hacking attack resulting in the theft of 213 million XRP, valued at approximately $112.5 million. Ripple's co-founder, Chris Larsen, tweeted, "Yesterday, there was unauthorized access to a few of my personal XRP accounts (not @Ripple) – we were quickly able to catch the problem and notify exchanges to freeze the affected addresses. Law enforcement is already involved."

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://www.odaily.news/newsflash/352697 (opens in a new tab)

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