The hacker took over the Instagram account of rap group Migos and posted stolen personal information, including the passport and phone number of Solana co-founder Raj Gokal, on May 27, after refusing to pay the ransom of 40 Bitcoin (BTC).
Blockchain analyst Zachxbt explained the attacker on social media I’ve got access to one of my Gokal email accounts A few days before the Instagram incident.
The account contained photos of Gokal and his wife’s customers synced to Cloud Backup. Users typically provide these images to crypto exchanges or other financial services.
Gokal Alert followers On May 20, unknown parties advised that they “were trying to control my email, social media, Google, Apple, and more,” to treat unexpected token launches and fundraising requests as signs of success.
An attempt to runsom failed
After obtaining the document, the attacker asked for 40 BTC in exchange for keeping the material private, as revealed in the caption of one of the posted photos. Gokal didn’t pay.
When the attempt at Frightor failed, the same actor compromised Migos’s 13 million followers Instagram profile and uploaded an image showing Gokal and his wife have a passport.
Gokal dealt with episodes only comment x:
“Don’t always remember to dress up smartly for KYC photos. I don’t know what reach I’ll get on social media.”
It has no relation to Coinbase data breach
Zachxbt said the violation relied on social design tactics against Gokal’s email providers rather than leaked data from the recent Coinbase data breach, and refuted speculation that Doxxing was linked to that violation.
Coinbase revealed it on May 15th Suffered by data breaches Post-threat actors have fed support agents with access to internal systems. As a result, the group targeted exchange customers in social engineering attacks.
According to Submitted on May 15th By the Securities and Exchange Commission, Coinbase estimated corrective costs and voluntary customer rebates between $180 million and $400 million.