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- Phantom Technologies faces a trial for negligence and regulatory violations after a hacking of $ 500,000.
- The violation exposed an unregistered phantom, with key storage without security, resulting in massive losses for Wiener Doge investors.
A group of investors led by lawyer Liam Murphy filed a complaint against Phantom Technologies and OKX, alleging that serious security defects in the popular crypto portfolio of Phantom led to theft of more than $ 500,000 in digital assets and triggered the workforce of the digital teams of Murphy, Wiener Doge.
Placed in the South New York district, the complaint says that Phantom has falsely announced its portfolio as secure while knowingly storing the private keys to users in the browser memory – a design that allowed hackers to drain the funds without bypassing authentication or two -factor safety checks.
According to the file, on January 20, cybercriminals exploited a vulnerability in the extension of the Phantom browser, where the private keys were stored in an inserted manner.
The striker managed to obtain unauthorized access to Murphy’s Crypto Holdings worth more than $ 500,000, then liquidated assets, causing a 99% drop in the value of Wiener Doge.
The part -based part in Solana, valued at more than $ 3 million at its peak, dropped $ 3.1 per token less than $ 0.01, according to the complaint. It should be noted that the pirate used the integrated “swapper” tool of Phantom to convert the tokens stolen into Solana.
“Phantom did not just fail to anticipate the cyber attacks – he knew exactly how the users were compromised and made a calculated decision to remain silent,” according to the file.
“The leaders of Phantom knew that the browser portfolio stored the keys deciphers of users in active memory. They knew that novice users were regularly targeted by malicious software, phishing scripts and thug extensions. They knew that many victims were losing significant funds,” reads the document.
Seven major complaints are made against Phantom, especially as a unregistered commercial platform, negligence in the protection of cybersecurity, false advertising and helping money laundering via OKX.
“OKX knew that Phantom had not recorded his swap as SEF with the CFTC,” said the file.
“OKX integration was the direct catalyst factor of the unauthorized liquidation of Liam assets.
Thirteen additional complainants, made up of Murphy’s friends and family, joined the trial after losing investments in Wiener Doge. The group requests damages of $ 3.1 per lost token.
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