--- title: ZachXBT Reveals $282M Bitcoin and Litecoin Theft from... description: A single victim lost over $282 million in Bitcoin and Litecoin through a hardware wallet social engineering scam on January 10, 2026. The attacker transferred... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/1fy01vpir twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ZachXBT Reveals $282M Bitcoin and Litecoin Theft from Hardware Wallet Scam | daily.dev og:description: A single victim lost over $282 million in Bitcoin and Litecoin through a hardware wallet social engineering scam on January 10, 2026. The attacker transferred... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/1fy01vpir og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1fY01VpIR.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ZachXBT Reveals $282M Bitcoin and Litecoin Theft from Hardware Wallet Scam **[World of technology](https://daily.dev/sources/thejvmbender)** · [@ozkanpakdil](https://daily.dev/ozkanpakdil) · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A single victim lost over $282 million in Bitcoin and Litecoin through a hardware wallet social engineering scam on January 10, 2026. The attacker transferred approximately 2.05 million LTC and 1,459 BTC, then converted much of it to Monero through instant exchanges and bridged Bitcoin across multiple blockchain networks using Thorchain. The incident highlights the continued threat of social engineering attacks in cryptocurrency, occurring despite a reported decline in overall crypto exploit losses from $194.3 million in November to $76 million in December 2025. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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