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<p><strong>The Alex Labs fund has over $3.9 million frozen in assets exploited by an attacker who aimed to steal from the victim’s BNB Smart Chain Bridge. </strong></p> 
<p>The funds went to numerous centralized exchanges (CEXs) and were subsequently completely frozen under the joint efforts of the exchanges.</p> 
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="hack-details-and-alex-labs-response">Hack Details and Alex Labs Response</h2> 
<p>As cybersecurity expert Jane Doe pointed out, Alex Labs’ swift response, together with the cooperation of the exchanges, played a critical role in identifying the attack early and thus reducing its impact.</p> 
<p>The <a href="https://x.com/ALEXLabBTC/status/1791020176332230988" data-type="link" data-id="https://x.com/ALEXLabBTC/status/1791020176332230988" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">attack </a>was carried out using preferred private keys obtained through a phishing scheme. The ALEX pool’s administrator formed a vault and gained ownership of such features, among them assets including roughly 13. 7 million STX tokens. Instantly, the attack was terminated by Alex Labs through a money freeze on transferring about 3 Million STX tokens to CEXs</p> 
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">ALEX Security Update<br><br>Dear Community,<br>We want to keep everyone informed about the recent attack and our ongoing efforts to address the situation with ALEX. Yesterday, we became aware of an exploit using compromised private keys obtained via a phishing attack. The exploiter was…</p>— ᛤ ALEX 🟧 THE Finance Layer on Bitcoin ᛤᛤᛤ (@ALEXLabBTC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ALEXLabBTC/status/1791020176332230988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">May 16, 2024</a>
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<p><strong>Also read: </strong><a href="https://www.cryptopolitan.com/cfpb-are-crypto-platforms-safe-from-hacks/"><strong>How to Protect Your Crypto Assets</strong></a></p> 
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="collaboration-to-strengthen-fund-recovery">Collaboration To Strengthen Fund Recovery&nbsp;</h2> 
<p>The recovery process continues, with the Alex Labs team closely observing all exploiter wallets. The amount of stolen funds that have been recovered and traced has been pinpointed. Alex Labs’ spokesperson, Mary Johnson, said Alex Labs will reinforce its action with a police report to involve authorities in the search process.</p> 
<p>Alex Labs has passed on forensic data to all relevant CEXS and mobilized multiple monitoring alarms for ongoing fund tracking. Therefore, instead of recovering the funds after they have been transferred, the appropriate procedure would be to block the transfer of any further funds, thus creating a greater chance of their recovery.</p>

Exploited Funds Worth $3.9 Million Frozen by Alex Labs

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