Binance User Loses $1 Million Due to Chrome Plugin

 

Binance User Loses $1 Million Due to Chrome Plugin

🧑‍💻 A hacker gained control of a Chinese trader's account on Binance without having the password and without 2FA confirmation 🙀. After a series of transactions, the attacker withdrew assets worth $1 million.

👀 During the process, the investor did not receive any notifications from the security service, according to his statement statement.

Involved experts determined that the hacker intercepted the user’s session through a malicious Chrome browser plugin called AggrTrade using cookies. 🧐

🚫 The team from the original AggrTrade platform warned about the fraudulent extension using its brand after the incident. According to them, the scam has been targeting exchanges like Bitget, Kraken, Binance, and others since 2022.