Inside Russia’s $1M Crypto Heist: The GreedyBear Operation That Exploited Browser Trust
Cybersecurity researchers have exposed Greedy Bear, a Russia-linked hacking group accused of creating a network of fake cryptocurrency wallets to lure unsuspecting users. Disguised as legitimate services, these wallets allowed the group to harvest private keys and siphon digital assets.
A sprawling cybercrime campaign known as GreedyBear has quietly siphoned more than $1 million in cryptocurrency from unsuspecting users in just over a month, according to blockchain security firm Koi. This wasn’t the work of lone-wolf hackers targeting random wallets, it was an industrial-scale operation, tied to Russia, that weaponized browser extensions.
How GreedyBear Turned Browser Convenience into a Backdoor
GreedyBear’s strategy was simple. The…
