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LastPass threat actor steals $5.4M from victims just a week before Xmas

White hat organization Security Alliance (SEAL) urged users to transfer crypto funds from LastPass if their private keys have been stored there since December 2022 or earlier.

The notorious LastPass hackers may have just ruined Christmas for another 40 victims by stealing $5.36 million from LastPass users — just eight days before the holiday. 

LastPass fell victim to a data breach in December 2022, when the hackers were able to copy a backup of customer vault data from encrypted storage.

As of September, more than $35 million worth of crypto had been stolen — but factoring in the $5.36 million and a $4.4 million incident from Oct. 25 would bring that figure closer to $45 million.

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White hat hacker group SEAL launches crypto threat-sharing center

The Security Alliance said it’s helped to recover $50 million since it formed, and now it has launched a tool to assist in fighting crypto hacks in real time.

A team of white hat hackers called the Security Alliance (SEAL) has said it recovered $50 million in assets since its inception in 2023 and has launched a threat-sharing platform to support the crypto space.

On April 17, the alliance announced its free Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) called SEAL-ISAC — a platform purpose-built for crypto aiming to protect against cyberattacks and financial crimes by providing security intelligence and connections to experts.

Its features include information sharing, threat analysis and alerts, best practices, incident coordination and response and education on security best practices and threats.

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