Crypto heist of $330 million — a retiree in the US had 3,520 stolen $BTC

The hacker used social engineering techniques, tricking the victim into giving access to their wallet, then laundered the funds through 300+ addresses, 20 exchanges, and mixers, with part converted to Monero, nearly erasing the trail.

The scheme was fine-tuned to perfection and automated. Due to the complexity of the process and the speed of laundering — recovering the funds is practically impossible.