$285M gone, no code bug, no broken smart contract. Just months of trust-building, social engineering, pre-signed approvals, and one brutal reminder that in Crypto, the human layer is often the softest target.
If a state-linked group can talk its way past your processes, what does “security” even mean in DeFi now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8nFXPg3z0g
#Bitcoin #Crypto #Solana #DeFi #CyberSecurity #SelfCustody #Privacy #SocialEngineering
beitmenotyou1 / Michael J Burgess
npub123…58dpt
2026-04-08 08:51:05 UTC
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2026-04-08 08:51:05 UTCEvent JSON
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