Atomic Wallet Hacked: $2.8M USDT Lost in Breach

• Atomic Wallet reported having some users complain about having their digital assets drained.
• Reports suggested that numerous users had six figures worth of crypto wiped out, while the largest victim lost nearly $3 million worth of Tether (USDT).
• Some users blamed the wallet provider that they had funds stolen from their accounts in the past as well.

Atomic Wallet Hacked

The non-custodial decentralized crypto wallet Atomic Wallet – with a reported user base of over five million customers – said some of its users complained about having their digital assets drained. Later reports suggested that numerous users had six figures worth of crypto wiped out, while the largest victim lost nearly $3 million worth of Tether (USDT). The team behind the wallet took it to Twitter yesterday to inform that some users complained about having their accounts compromised.

Investigations

Atomic said the team will go into further investigations, but there have been no official updates as of writing these lines. The waves of complaints under the Atomic Twitter post continue, with some claiming that they had their funds stolen in the past and that the wallet provider did nothing to help them at the time. Popular crypto sleuth – ZachXBT – said he received numerous messages from Atomic users regarding their lost funds.

Largest Victim

According to the on-chain investigator, the largest single victim lost 2.8 million worth of Tether (USDT). ZachXBT added that they observed “multiple other losses” worth six figures in digital assets across different chains.

Things To Note

Some things to note about this hack: Largest single victim I have observed is for 2.8M USDT; Multiple other losses for 6 figures across different chains; Thanks to all of th.

Conclusion

Atomic Wallet is still investigating this hack and has yet to make any official announcements regarding it’s findings or how it plans on handling it going forward. It’s unclear if any victims will be reimbursed or if any changes are being made at Atomis Wallet in order to prevent future hacks from occuring.