Hack history / 2025 / Scam
Crypto holder loses $40 million to sophisticated phishing attack
Scam on Feb 27, 2025
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$40M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#127
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- Feb 27, 2025
- Kind
- Scam
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Bitcoin
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto holder loses $40 million to sophisticated phishing attack scam, Feb 27, 2025: $40M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htf9434b682b/ (data as of 2026-10-31).