Hack history / 2024 / Hack or exploit
Fake Ansem
Hack or exploit on Mar 17, 2024 · Social Engineering
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$2.6M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#626
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
According to blockchain investigator ZachXBT, an account impersonating Solana ecosystem KOL Ansem (@blknoiz06) capitalized on the recent meme coin craze to profit over $2.6 million through phishing.
Details
- Date
- Mar 17, 2024
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Social Engineering
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Solana
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Fake Ansem hack, Mar 17, 2024: $2.6M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht7e7fc4fac1/ (data as of 2026-11-01).