$330M Bitcoin social engineering theft victim is elderly US citizen

An elderly US individual is reportedly the victim of a devastating $330 million Bitcoin heist, now ranked as the fifth-largest crypto hack in history. The attacker used advanced social engineering tactics to gain access to the victim’s wallet, onchain investigator ZachXBT said in an April 30 update on X. The hack took place on April 28, 2025, when ZachXBT flagged a suspicious transfer involving 3,520 Bitcoin (BTC), valued at $330. 7 million source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/elderly-us-victim-loses-330m-bitcoin-in-social-engineering-theft?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound