Hackers Hack Ripple’s Co-Founder

Hackers stole ~213M XRP (~$112M) from Ripple’s co-founder & executive chairman, Chris Larsen’s personal wallet. 

He shared

Yesterday, there was unauthorized access to a few of my personal XRP accounts (not @Ripple) – we were quickly able to catch the problem and notify exchanges to freeze the affected addresses. Law enforcement is already involved.

Stolen funds have already been laundered through multiple crypto exchanges, including Binance, Kraken, OKX and more. Exchange spokespersons’ responded and are “aware and supporting the investigation.”

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News In Three Sentences – February 28, 2024

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