MetaMask Konomi Hoge Xbase Theft ICEINTHENICE

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MetaMask

User ICEINTHENICE suffered a breach of their MetaMask wallet, and thousands of dollars in three tokens were taken from the wallet.

This is a global/international case not involving a specific country.

About MetaMask

"I was hacked at 4:58 am I barely had any ethereum in my account to make a swap and yet they managed to complete 3 transactions. I need help please I will split the profits of whatever I get back with whoever can recover them if not MetaMask please let me know how we can fix this together"

"Yep definitely the hacker That the address my funds were sent to"

"Like yea here’s my seed phrases so u can hack my thousands"

"Nothing you can do but monitor the activities. You can go to etherscan and see where the funds get cashed out on. Then afterwards contact the exchange about the hackers activities. Make sure you have evidence, but i reported two of them on Binanace and no one responded to me. So dont get your hopes up"

"0x4D3587807e70D8f50592fCc0Cc99E0F3a9110fCA"

"Either MetaMask buys by back my stolen crypto or I will make sure this goes public to where I find the address of the person who created MetaMask"

"I know I’m just trying not to sweat the loss but I know it’s gone at this point I mean the sad part is that a bunch of other people had the same thing happen to them today and this prior week and they actually depended on that money know what I’m saying if we could team up as community and make sure this is made aware and we can work on preventing it from happening is a start instead of just crying about the loss"

"Warning! There are reports that the Xbase team has deleted the website and social media accounts. Please exercise caution when interacting with this address."

This is a global/international case not involving a specific country.

The background of the exchange platform, service, or individuals involved, as it would have been seen or understood at the time of the events.

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• Known history of when and how the service was started.
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• Audits performed, and excerpts that may have been included.
• Business registration documents shown (fake or legitimate).
• How were people recruited to participate?
• Public warnings and announcements prior to the event.

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• Any wording which directly states or implies that the business is/was illegitimate, or that a vulnerability existed.
• Anything that wasn't reasonably knowable at the time of the event.

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The Reality

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What Happened

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Key Event Timeline - MetaMask Konomi Hoge Xbase Theft ICEINTHENICE

Date	Event	Description
March 17th, 2021 4:28:53 PM MDT	20 ETH Transaction	On the blockchain.
March 20th, 2021 2:58:32 AM MDT	Konomi Transaction	Theft of Konomi tokens.
March 20th, 2021 3:33:54 AM MDT	Swap For USDT	Attacker swapped coins for USDT. (Brought balance to 15 ETH.)
March 20th, 2021 8:00:16 AM MDT	First Reddit Post	Initial post made on Reddit.
March 20th, 2021 9:59:53 AM MDT	Second Reddit Post	Follow up post on Reddit with attacker address.
March 20th, 2021 2:03:59 PM MDT	Swap For USDT	Attacker swapped coins for USDT.

Technical Details

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Total Amount Lost

The total amount lost has been estimated at $3,000 USD.

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Immediate Reactions

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Ultimate Outcome

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Total Amount Recovered

There do not appear to have been any funds recovered in this case.

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Ongoing Developments

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Individual Prevention Policies

No specific policies for individual prevention have yet been identified in this case.

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Platform Prevention Policies

Policies for platforms to take to prevent this situation have not yet been selected in this case.

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Regulatory Prevention Policies

No specific regulatory policies have yet been identified in this case.

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