{"id":84585,"date":"2023-09-16T11:04:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T08:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=84585"},"modified":"2025-09-12T18:17:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:17:17","slug":"hackers-drain-mark-cubans-wallet-of-about-870000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/hackers-drain-mark-cubans-wallet-of-about-870000\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers drain Mark Cuban&#8217;s wallet of about $870,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unknown individuals withdrew about $870,000 from one of Mark Cuban&#8217;s wallets. He confirmed the hack in a comment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dlnews.com\/articles\/people-culture\/mark-cuban-loses-870k-to-a-crypto-scam\/\">DL News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first to flag the incident was a user on X going by WazzCrypto. He said that all assets had been moved from an inactive wallet that had not been active for 160 days.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\\\">\n<div class=\\\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\\\">\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-width=\\\"500\\\" data-dnt=\\\"true\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Lmao, did Mark Cuban&#8217;s wallet just get drained?<\/p>\n<p>Wallet inactive for 160 days and all assets just moved <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/vWnMZFyHB5\\\">pic.twitter.com\/vWnMZFyHB5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wazz (@WazzCrypto) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WazzCrypto\/status\/1702820716343624168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">September 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\"><p>\n<cite>\u201cI opened MetaMask for the first time in several months. They must have been watching,\u201d said Cuban.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/address\/0x293ed38530005620e4b28600f196a97e1125daac#tokentxns\\\">Etherscan<\/a>, among the withdrawn assets were <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-stablecoins\">stablecoins<\/a> USDC and USDT, the tokens <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-nfts\">NFT<\/a>-marketplaces Rarible (RARI) and SuperRare (RARE), as well as other coins.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\"><p>\n<cite>\u201cI\u2019m almost certain I downloaded a version of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-metamask\">MetaMask<\/a> with some junk. [\u2026] MetaMask crashed several times. I just stopped,\u201d explained the billionaire.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Cuban also transferred more than $2 million in USDC to the Coinbase exchange to preserve the funds.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\\\">\n<div class=\\\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\\\">\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-width=\\\"500\\\" data-dnt=\\\"true\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">He transfered $2M <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24USDC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$USDC<\/a> he had on Matic too, but to a different wallet than the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$ETH<\/a> one<\/p>\n<p>Seeing as he made a test tx first this time, Im gonna assume it&#8217;s actually him moving funds here. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/A7KS4WzGkv\\\">pic.twitter.com\/A7KS4WzGkv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wazz (@WazzCrypto) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WazzCrypto\/status\/1702840752693182695?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">September 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In June 2021, Cuban was among those affected by the devaluation of the IRON Finance token amid a bank run.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2023, hackers breached Vitalik Buterin&#8217;s X profile and posted a fraudulent message. According to blockchain analyst ZachXBT, the loss exceeded $691,000.<\/p>\n<p>The Ethereum co-founder said the breach occurred due to a SIM swap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unknown individuals withdrew about $870,000 from one of Mark Cuban&#8217;s wallets. 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