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A Chinese printer company inadvertently distributed malware that steals Bitcoin through its official drivers, resulting in the theft of over $950,000.
According to local media outlet Landian News, a Chinese printer manufacturer was found to have unknowingly distributed malware designed to steal Bitcoin through its official device drivers.
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this would only be successful if peopel are saving their private keys on their desktops and silly things like that tho, right?
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#984525 This attack replaced addresses in the clipboard with the attacker's address. So, it would only be successful if people didn't double check the address they're sending to.
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The majority of the bitcoin was stolen in 2017.
🚨 The official driver provided by this printer carries a backdoor program. It will hijack the wallet address in the user's clipboard and replace it with the attacker's address: 1BQZKqdp2CV3QV5nUEsqSg1ygegLmqRygj
🕵️ According to @MistTrack_io, the attacker has stolen 9.3086 $BTC. Active since Apr 22, 2016, last seen Mar 14, 2024, with links to multiple exchanges. x.com