SlowMist founder says latest mass theft case affected users who had used iToken wallet

SlowMist founder says latest mass theft case affected users who had used iToken wallet

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2026-08-31 16:43:19
SlowMist founder Cos has reported a new mass theft incident in the crypto market, saying on X that the case involved more than 100 addresses and dozens of real users. According to his post, the theft was caused by private key leakage, and the attacker made about $200,000. Cos said the shared trait among the affected users was that they had all used the iToken wallet. He also pointed to the wallet’s history, saying it had previously been found collecting users’ private keys and seed phrases, and that people tied to the group had been arrested before. The update was carried by Odaily as a brief market analysis item. No additional details, including the exact time of the thefts or the identities of the victims, were disclosed in the source text.

SlowMist founder Cos said in a post on X that the market has seen another mass theft incident in recent days, involving more than 100 addresses and dozens of real users.

He said the case was caused by private key leakage, with the hacker making about $200,000. The common factor among the affected users, according to his post, was that they had all used the iToken wallet.

Cos also said the wallet had previously been found collecting users’ private keys and seed phrases, and that people linked to the group had been arrested before.

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