{"id":22045,"date":"2023-09-07T14:39:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/crypto-whale-loses-24m-in-staked-ethereum-to-phishing-attack\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T14:39:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:39:09","slug":"crypto-whale-loses-24m-in-staked-ethereum-to-phishing-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/crypto-whale-loses-24m-in-staked-ethereum-to-phishing-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto whale loses $24M in staked Ethereum to phishing attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
A cryptocurrency whale has fallen victim to a massive phishing attack, losing millions of dollars in staked Ethereum on the liquid staking provider Rocket Pool.<\/p>\n
A large cryptocurrency investor lost the entire address balance of Lido Staked ETH (stETH) and Rocket Pool ETH (rETH) due to a phishing attack, the cryptocurrency security firm PeckShield reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n The hack was completed in just two transactions, as one had 9,579 stETH stolen and the other involved 4,851 rETH.\u00a0At the time of the attack, which occurred on Sept. 6, the stolen amounts were worth $15.5 million in stETH and $8.5 million in rETH, a staggering $24 million combined.<\/p>\n