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Monkey Drainer steals 7 CryptoPunks, 20 Otherdeed NFTs
PeckshieldAlert and Zachxbt revealed that phishing scammer Monkey Drainer stole NFTs worth roughly 520 ETH, which is about $824,200.
Soumen Datta 1 min read
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FTX compensating users who lost $6M to phishing attacks “just this once,” says SBF
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BitKeep unveils redemption portal for victims of Swap hack
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