How crypto investor lost over $280 million to hackers within hours

A major cryptocurrency theft on January 10, 2026, resulted in losses exceeding $280 million after an investor fell victim to a hardware wallet social engineering scam. The incident occurred at around 23:00 UTC and was first detailed by on-chain investigator ZachXBT, who traced the movement of the stolen funds across multiple blockchains. On January 10, 2026 at around 11 pm UTC a victim lost $282M+ worth of LTC & BTC due to a hardware wallet social engineering scam.The attacker began converting the stolen LTC & BTC to Monero via multiple instant exchanges causing the XMR price to sharply increase source: https://finbold.com/how-crypto-investor-lost-over-280-million-to-hackers-within-hours/