MicroStrategy was hacked: 425 thousand dollars were stolen with fake airdrop!

Phishers hacked MicroStrategy's X account and stole $425K from a user using a fake airdrop link.**

The X account of MicroStrategy, a technology company known for its closeness to the crypto industry, was hacked. Crypto users were targeted in a phishing scam carried out by the famous hacking group PinkDrainer.

Hackers shared a link stating that the MSTR token airdrop will be made from the MicroStrategy account they captured. A whale who clicked on this link with confidence lost almost half a million dollars of assets in his wallet.

MicroStrategy hack## Airdrop avcısına MicroStrategy tuzağı!

MicroStrategy's X account, which has 190,000 Bitcoin (BTC) among its assets, was hacked. Hackers shared a fake airdrop link from the MicroStrategy account they took over. With the phishing attack, phishing scammers waited for crypto users to click on the link and connect the wallet.

![MicroStrategy hacker Nearly 425 thousand dollars of crypto assets were stolen from the user's wallet.

Blockchain data analysis platform Scam Sniffer claimed that the hackers who took over MicroStrategy's X account and carried out the phishing attack were a team called PinkDrainer.

someone lost $424,786 worth of $wBAI, $wPOKT, and $CHEX to phishing scams about 5 minutes ago. pic.twitter.com/GEJvHEXuM7

— Scam Sniffer | Web3 Anti-Scam (@realScamSniffer) February 26, 2024

The user entered a transaction that sent hackers $134,000 worth of Wrapped Balance AI (WBAI), $122,000 worth of Chintai Exchange (CHEX) and $45,000 worth of Wrapped Pocket (wPOKT). approved. The user thought that the transaction he approved was permission to receive airdrops.

Approximately 425 thousand dollars were stolen, but 242 thousand dollars remained in the user's wallet. Since the user's wallet is linked to the link shared by hackers, there is a risk of these assets being seized.

The user who clicked on the link was redirected to a fake MicroStrategy website to receive the MSTR token airdrop. Here, the user, who did not realize that the website was fake, connected his wallet for airdrop and left his crypto assets in the hands of hackers.

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