Nov 2024 - JRNY Crypto Theft Private Key Leakage - $4m (Global)
"JRNY is a pseudonymous influencer with over 760,000 followers on X and 590,000 on YouTube, who often posts about non-fungible token collections, including Bored Ape Yacht Club."
"Tony started as a Crypto YouTuber back in 2017. He's since amassed a substantial social media following across multiple platforms and built an unprecedented NFT portfolio. In 2021, he ventured into NFTs and launched JRNY Club with the goal to create a community of NFT enthusiasts to help guide each other along the journey."
"Most commonly known as ‘JRNY Crypto,’ Tony Spark hosts a popular YouTube channel that posted videos and market commentary almost daily throughout 2021-2022. Tony has since expanded his empire and launched two NFT collections, the JRNY Club Pass and Planet Xolo. JRNY Crypto is perhaps most famous for calling the Bored Ape Yacht Club and holding over 100 BAYC NFTs."
"Theft address
0xc467150582cfc8eec4132a483c76101d3636f598
0x6fd6c8fd64c7efdb8eec902161d3bbc035430456
0xa2dd5e2ab84240cbecc7beaca9946afef97ae74a"
"On-chain investigator ZachXBT stated on his personal Telegram channel that the wallet associated with crypto KOL JRNY appears to have been compromised, with approximately $4 million worth of crypto assets transferred and sold. This suggests that the wallet's private key may have been leaked."
"A few hours ago wallets tied to crypto influencer JRNY saw ~$4M worth of crypto assets suspiciously transferred out and sold indicating a potential private key compromise.
"ALERT Today, Our system has detected multiple suspicious transactions involving crypto influencer #JRNY! and hack was recently confirmed by @zachxbt.
Total loss is around $4M and most of the stolen funds were in $APE, $USDC, $HYVE, $KARRAT, $WETH and $BYTES. Root cause seems to be private key compromise. Stolen funds later on swapped to $ETH and consolidated at 0xa2dd5e2ab84240cbecc7beaca9946afef97ae74a"
"Cointelegraph could not find an acknowledgment of the attack on JRNY’s profiles."
Further Analysis
JRNY Crypto runs a YouTube channel about cryptocurrency investing, most famously being one of the first to get into the Bored Ape Yacht Club. In November 2024, one of his wallets was reportedly compromised, and $4m+ worth of assets were drained from it. There doesn't appear to be any public mention of the breach, although multiple sources have reported on it. It is unclear what actions, if any, JRNY Crypto plans to take.
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Sources/Further Reading
ZachXBT：加密KOL JRNY钱包损失400万美元资产，疑似私钥泄露_快讯-odaily (Dec 31)
https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/11-23-2024-kol-jrny-400-16609498568378 (Dec 31)
ZachXBT: Crypto KOL JRNY wallet loses $4 million in assets, suspected private key leak - ChainCatcher (Dec 31)
Telegram: Contact @investigations (Dec 31)
- YouTube (Dec 31)
JRNY Crypto - YouTube (Dec 31)
Crypto sentiment: Twitter, TG or YouTube? | Mark Riccio, CFA posted on the topic | LinkedIn (Dec 31)
https://cointelegraph.com/news/dmm-bitcoin-rug-pulls-crypto-sec (Dec 31)
https://dailycoin.com/crypto-influencers-you-need-to-know-about/ (Dec 31)
Token Transfer | Etherscan
(Dec 31)
Ethereum Transaction Hash (Txhash) Details | Etherscan
(Dec 31)
@CyversAlerts Twitter (Dec 31)
The Team | JRNY Club (Dec 31)
JRNY Club (Dec 31)
JRNY Club - YouTube (Dec 31)
- YouTube (Dec 31)
Welcome | JRNY Club (Dec 31)
What is JRNY Crypto’s net worth? Everything we know about the mysterious Web3.0 influencer - aliveadvisor (Dec 31)
https://www.instagram.com/jrnycrypto/ (Dec 31)
Bitcoin, Crypto & Blockchain News - JRNY Crypto (Dec 31)
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