Summary: U.S. authorities have seized over million in cryptocurrency linked to a 0 million theft from a Ripple wallet, believed to be executed by hackers who previously breached LastPass. Investigators traced the stolen funds to multiple cryptocurrency exchanges, using evidence that the theft was facilitated by compromised private keys from stolen password vault data. A forfeiture complaint reveals that the attackers utilized stolen data from LastPass to access various accounts and steal cryptocurrency and other sensitive information.
Affected: Ripple, LastPass
Keypoints :
- U.S. authorities seized million related to a 0 million crypto theft from Ripple.
- The attackers are suspected of exploiting a breach of LastPass to extract private keys.
- No evidence was found of direct hacking; it was determined that the attackers used decrypted passwords from the LastPass breach.