A malicious Zoom link netted a hacker over $6 million in GIGA tokens.
A Gigachad (GIGA) token holder was swindled for millions as a hacker lined them up to fall for a phishing scam. And that occurred in a shocking way—a malicious Zoom link. While the link looked similar to genuine Zoom links, a closer look reveals it was anything but.
The phishing attack shows how cybercriminals are pivoting to stealthier ways to break into user wallets. This specific case highlights how the hacker convinced the GIGA holder to get on a meeting with them, using the opportunity to drain the tokens.
Anonymous X user Still in the Game, who was the victim of the incident, explained the ordeal as GIGA’s value started tanking amidst dumping activity. However, it was the hacker liquidating their proceeds. “Just want to be transparent – the massive sell on $GIGA today was due to one of my wallets being drained by a fake zoom link,” the victim wrote.
“This hurts bad but I will be back. I will always stay in the game,” they mentioned, seemingly expecting to make the losses back in the bull run. Still, they warned others, “Please be careful out there and never click any links from those you don’t know.”
Blockchain security firm ScamSniffer made the community aware of the hack with an X post, “Beware of fake Zoom malware! A $GIGA holder lost millions!” It compared the fake Zoom link with the real one to show the difference. Most users may not even suspect something so minor, but zooming into the difference reveals everything. While the real domain often reads “us02web.zoom[.]us,” the fake one used to drain Still in the Game’s assets read “us04-zoom[.]us.”
Onchain Lens, a blockchain monitoring and intelligence firm, also took to X to explain what transpired. “A scammer drained 3 wallets holding $GIGA, causing a massive sell-off and a significant sell wick,” its post mentioned. “The scammer stole 95.27M $GIGA, valued at $6.09M before the sell-off, and sold it for 11,759 $SOL, worth $2.1M.” Then, the bad actor converted the SOL to USDC and USDt and transferred them to another wallet. They also sent 700 SOL to the crypto exchange KuCoin “indirectly.”
The Authorities Have Been Involved
It looks like the victim has not given up on getting their assets back, while it does not look likely. They mentioned contacting the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and a forensic team to trace and find the hacker.
