The former CEO of a crypto project was hacked by a "close friend" WiFi and lost $450,000

AMLBot disclosed a "close-range intrusion" case, where the former CEO of a crypto project was robbed of $450,000 after connecting to his "close friend's" WiFi. The victim, Tom (alias), had previously sold his company shares for $500,000 and moved to Asia. After befriending a "close friend" locally, Tom's phone was damaged by rain. After repairing and re-entering the seed phrase, he found that his deposits had been stolen. AMLBot's investigation revealed that the funds were transferred to a Binance account, and further investigation showed that Tom's "close friend" had accessed his device through the WiFi network. Currently, Binance has frozen the relevant account. Tom has recovered $380,000, and the remaining $70,000 will be repaid in installments. AMLBot reminds users not to access cryptocurrency websites or wallets on public WiFi networks and suggests enabling transaction notification features.