Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
Bill Murray
Hack or exploit on Aug 29, 2022 · Mnemonic Leakage
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$174K
sources: $174K to $185K
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,530
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Actor and comedian Bill Murray's personal wallet was stolen, resulting in the loss of funds raised by the actor's charity NFT, hackers stole about 112.05 wETH (worth about $174,000), which was then converted into ETH and sent to 5 EOA, Eventually it was transferred to Binance. The transfer of stolen assets did not indicate any malicious behavior, indicating that a mnemonic phrase was most likely compromised.
Details
- Date
- Aug 29, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Mnemonic Leakage
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Bill Murray hack, Aug 29, 2022: $174K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htd63490b4d3/ (data as of 2026-11-01).