$4 000 000 USD

NOVEMBER 2024

GLOBAL

JRNY CRYPTO

DESCRIPTION OF EVENTS

"JRNY is a pseudonymous influencer with over 760,000 followers on X and 590,000 on YouTube, who often posts about non-fungible token collections, including Bored Ape Yacht Club."

 

"Tony started as a Crypto YouTuber back in 2017. He's since amassed a substantial social media following across multiple platforms and built an unprecedented NFT portfolio. In 2021, he ventured into NFTs and launched JRNY Club with the goal to create a community of NFT enthusiasts to help guide each other along the journey."

 

"Most commonly known as ‘JRNY Crypto,’ Tony Spark hosts a popular YouTube channel that posted videos and market commentary almost daily throughout 2021-2022. Tony has since expanded his empire and launched two NFT collections, the JRNY Club Pass and Planet Xolo. JRNY Crypto is perhaps most famous for calling the Bored Ape Yacht Club and holding over 100 BAYC NFTs."

 

"Theft address 0xc467150582cfc8eec4132a483c76101d3636f598 0x6fd6c8fd64c7efdb8eec902161d3bbc035430456 0xa2dd5e2ab84240cbecc7beaca9946afef97ae74a"

 

"On-chain investigator ZachXBT stated on his personal Telegram channel that the wallet associated with crypto KOL JRNY appears to have been compromised, with approximately $4 million worth of crypto assets transferred and sold. This suggests that the wallet's private key may have been leaked."

 

"A few hours ago wallets tied to crypto influencer JRNY saw ~$4M worth of crypto assets suspiciously transferred out and sold indicating a potential private key compromise.

 

"ALERT Today, Our system has detected multiple suspicious transactions involving crypto influencer #JRNY! and hack was recently confirmed by @zachxbt.

 

Total loss is around $4M and most of the stolen funds were in $APE, $USDC, $HYVE, $KARRAT, $WETH and $BYTES. Root cause seems to be private key compromise. Stolen funds later on swapped to $ETH and consolidated at 0xa2dd5e2ab84240cbecc7beaca9946afef97ae74a"

 

"Cointelegraph could not find an acknowledgment of the attack on JRNY’s profiles."

 

Explore This Case Further On Our Wiki

JRNY Crypto runs a YouTube channel about cryptocurrency investing, most famously being one of the first to get into the Bored Ape Yacht Club. In November 2024, one of his wallets was reportedly compromised, and $4m+ worth of assets were drained from it. There doesn't appear to be any public mention of the breach, although multiple sources have reported on it. It is unclear what actions, if any, JRNY Crypto plans to take.

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