"On-chain detective" ZachXBT: A Canadian hacker impersonated a crypto exchange customer service representative and stole over $2 million within a year

According to TechFlow, on December 29, “on-chain detective” ZachXBT revealed that a Canadian cyber threat actor named Haby (Havard) conducted social engineering scams by impersonating customer service of a certain exchange, stealing over $2 million in crypto assets over the past year. The hacker squandered the stolen funds on rare social media usernames, nightclub spending, and gambling.

Investigations show that Haby has recently been frequently purchasing expensive Telegram usernames and deleted his most recent account two days ago. Through open-source intelligence analysis of his social media story posts, investigators determined that Haby is located in Abbotsford, near Vancouver, Canada. ZachXBT stated that although Canadian law enforcement agencies may already be aware of Haby’s existence, such cyber threat actors are rarely prosecuted in the region.