Luke Dashjr Hack

REPORTED LOSS $3.6M
Medium Access Control

What happened

Quick Summary

Luke Dashjr's PGP key was compromised, leading to losses worth 3.6M USD.

Details of the Exploit

Luke Dashjr's bitcoin cold wallet was compromised. Potentially it could be malware inside some downloaded app like Bitcoin Knots or Core. The hacker's profit is about 216.93 BTC  or $3.6M USD.

Block Data Reference

Some of the bitcoin transfers tx:

https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/432ded946431a9612f09d73bd15ded045d11d1095ffdfe8d68306ea9b2e78930

https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/c38a3210fbb758cfc41d9a64b7534b83aecca96f051231f15545e8e5c7365190

https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/4b3cde50e2bce3d02e15b61957d2452e29f53d9a99e1ab14e83b6ec0f87fd851

https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/50df1eab0bf2bd01999cea4fc531a65c17e1a285823c9ae4eab0feb7e21a11b6

Case & protocol details

Classification Other
Protocol Type Exploit/Access control
Protocol Twitter/X @LukeDashjr

Evidence & learning

Attack pattern

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