In brief
- ZachXBT, renowned for uncovering crypto scams, is being taunted for exposing details of the Coinbase hack.
- An on-chain message links to a YouTube meme video showing NBA legend James Worthy smoking a cigar.
- The hacker has so far swapped $42.5 million from Bitcoin to Ethereum via THORChain..
The threat actor behind massive thefts from Coinbase users has taken to openly mocking prominent on-chain sleuth ZachXBT, using a public Ethereum transaction as a taunt.
It was first revealed by ZachXBT through a notice on the Telegram channel Investigations.
ZachXBT has identified the threat actor as the same person or group behind the data breach targeting Coinbase users.
“L bozo,” the hacker wrote Wednesday evening through an Ethereum transaction using the blockchain’s input data message feature.
The message was followed by a link to a YouTube meme video showing NBA legend James Worthy smoking a cigar.
The hacker’s message, in slang, was…
