CertiK: Whale hacker steals $282 million, bridges approximately $63 million across chains to a new address

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BlockBeats News, January 19 — According to CertiK Alert monitoring, a hacker who stole $282 million from a whale has bridged part of the funds (about $63 million) to an address starting with 0xF73, and then carried out further money laundering operations.

Previously, on social media, on or around 11:00 PM UTC on January 10, 2026, on-chain investigator ZachXBT stated that a whale victim lost over $282 million worth of Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin (BTC) due to social engineering scams involving a hardware wallet.

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