{
 "tag": "zachxbt",
 "name": "Zachxbt",
 "group": "Other",
 "incidents": [
  {
   "slug": "fake-ledger-live-mac-app-store-9-5m-apr-2026",
   "title": "Fake Ledger Live app on Apple's Mac App Store stole about $9.5M in seed-phrase thefts",
   "url": "https://drains.watch/i/fake-ledger-live-mac-app-store-9-5m-apr-2026",
   "json": "https://drains.watch/i/fake-ledger-live-mac-app-store-9-5m-apr-2026.json",
   "status": "closed",
   "severity": "critical",
   "threatStatus": "partly-contained",
   "verification": "verified",
   "chains": [
    "bitcoin",
    "ethereum",
    "tron",
    "solana"
   ],
   "method": "fake-app",
   "product": "Ledger users who installed 'Ledger Live' from the Mac App Store",
   "tags": [
    "bitcoin",
    "ethereum",
    "tron",
    "solana",
    "fake-app",
    "ledger",
    "app-store",
    "macos",
    "apple",
    "seed-phrase",
    "zachxbt",
    "kucoin"
   ],
   "amountUsd": 9500000,
   "victims": 50,
   "startedAt": "2026-04-08",
   "closedAt": "2026-04-15",
   "updatedAt": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z",
   "summary": "A fake Ledger Live app for macOS, published on Apple's App Store under the name 'Leva Heal Limited', asked users for their recovery phrase and drained about $9.5M from roughly 50 victims between 8 and 11 April 2026. Apple removed the app and terminated the developer account; KuCoin froze accounts used to launder part of the funds. Ledger's desktop app is only distributed from Ledger's own website, and no Ledger software ever asks for your recovery phrase."
  },
  {
   "slug": "thorchain-founder-deepfake-zoom-wallet-drain-sep-2025",
   "title": "THORChain co-founder loses about $1.35M after a fake Zoom call showing a deepfake of a friend",
   "url": "https://drains.watch/i/thorchain-founder-deepfake-zoom-wallet-drain-sep-2025",
   "json": "https://drains.watch/i/thorchain-founder-deepfake-zoom-wallet-drain-sep-2025.json",
   "status": "closed",
   "severity": "critical",
   "threatStatus": "active",
   "verification": "verified",
   "ai": {
    "role": "ai-lure",
    "note": "The founder said he saw a deepfake of his friend on the fake Zoom call that came from the friend's hacked Telegram account."
   },
   "chains": [
    "ethereum"
   ],
   "method": "social-engineering",
   "product": "THORChain co-founder's personal wallet",
   "tags": [
    "ethereum",
    "social-engineering",
    "dprk",
    "deepfake",
    "zoom",
    "fake-meeting",
    "telegram",
    "account-takeover",
    "metamask",
    "zachxbt",
    "thorchain",
    "thorswap",
    "ai"
   ],
   "amountUsd": 1350000,
   "victims": 1,
   "startedAt": "2025-09-04",
   "closedAt": "2025-09-12",
   "updatedAt": "2025-09-12T12:00:00Z",
   "summary": "In early September 2025 THORChain co-founder John-Paul Thorbjornsen got a Zoom link from a friend's hacked Telegram account, joined in his browser and, by his account, saw a deepfake of his friend with no sound before leaving. An old MetaMask wallet of his was later drained of about $1.35M in Kyber Network and THORSwap tokens (PeckShield valued it at about $1.2M); he believes the key was reached through iCloud Keychain or a zero-day. ZachXBT attributed the theft to North Korean hackers, and THORChain said the protocol itself was not affected."
  }
 ],
 "changes": [
  {
   "incident": "fake-ledger-live-mac-app-store-9-5m-apr-2026",
   "incidentTitle": "Fake Ledger Live app on Apple's Mac App Store stole about $9.5M in seed-phrase thefts",
   "severity": "critical",
   "status": "closed",
   "threatStatus": "partly-contained",
   "date": "2026-04-15",
   "title": "Apple removes the app and terminates the developer account; KuCoin freezes linked accounts.",
   "sourceUrl": "https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-ledger-live-app-on-apples-app-store-stole-95m-in-crypto/",
   "url": "https://drains.watch/i/fake-ledger-live-mac-app-store-9-5m-apr-2026"
  },
  {
   "incident": "fake-ledger-live-mac-app-store-9-5m-apr-2026",
   "incidentTitle": "Fake Ledger Live app on Apple's Mac App Store stole about $9.5M in seed-phrase thefts",
   "severity": "critical",
   "status": "closed",
   "threatStatus": "partly-contained",
   "date": "2026-04-14",
   "title": "BleepingComputer reports about $9.5M stolen from ~50 victims, traced by ZachXBT and laundered via 150+ KuCoin deposit addresses.",
   "sourceUrl": "https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-ledger-live-app-on-apples-app-store-stole-95m-in-crypto/",
   "url": "https://drains.watch/i/fake-ledger-live-mac-app-store-9-5m-apr-2026"
  },
  {
   "incident": "fake-ledger-live-mac-app-store-9-5m-apr-2026",
   "incidentTitle": "Fake Ledger Live app on Apple's Mac App Store stole about $9.5M in seed-phrase thefts",
   "severity": "critical",
   "status": "closed",
   "threatStatus": "partly-contained",
   "date": "2026-04-08",
   "title": "Victims who entered their recovery phrase into the fake app begin losing funds (losses ran 8-11 April).",
   "sourceUrl": "https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-ledger-live-app-on-apples-app-store-stole-95m-in-crypto/",
   "url": "https://drains.watch/i/fake-ledger-live-mac-app-store-9-5m-apr-2026"
  },
  {
   "incident": "thorchain-founder-deepfake-zoom-wallet-drain-sep-2025",
   "incidentTitle": "THORChain co-founder loses about $1.35M after a fake Zoom call showing a deepfake of a friend",
   "severity": "critical",
   "status": "closed",
   "threatStatus": "active",
   "date": "2025-09-12",
   "title": "The Block reported ZachXBT's $1.35M tally and North Korea attribution, and THORSwap's on-chain bounty offer to the attacker.",
   "sourceUrl": "https://www.theblock.co/post/370433/thorswap-issues-bounty-offer-tied-to-over-1m-exploit-of-thorchain-user",
   "url": "https://drains.watch/i/thorchain-founder-deepfake-zoom-wallet-drain-sep-2025"
  },
  {
   "incident": "thorchain-founder-deepfake-zoom-wallet-drain-sep-2025",
   "incidentTitle": "THORChain co-founder loses about $1.35M after a fake Zoom call showing a deepfake of a friend",
   "severity": "critical",
   "status": "closed",
   "threatStatus": "active",
   "date": "2025-09-12",
   "title": "ForkLog reported his account of seeing a deepfake of his friend on the call.",
   "sourceUrl": "https://forklog.com/en/thorchain-founder-loses-1-3-million-in-cryptocurrency-theft/",
   "url": "https://drains.watch/i/thorchain-founder-deepfake-zoom-wallet-drain-sep-2025"
  },
  {
   "incident": "thorchain-founder-deepfake-zoom-wallet-drain-sep-2025",
   "incidentTitle": "THORChain co-founder loses about $1.35M after a fake Zoom call showing a deepfake of a friend",
   "severity": "critical",
   "status": "closed",
   "threatStatus": "active",
   "date": "2025-09-04",
   "title": "He received a fake Zoom link on Telegram from a friend's compromised account, according to his own post.",
   "sourceUrl": "https://forklog.com/en/thorchain-founder-loses-1-3-million-in-cryptocurrency-theft/",
   "url": "https://drains.watch/i/thorchain-founder-deepfake-zoom-wallet-drain-sep-2025"
  }
 ]
}