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G. Love loses $424,000 in crypto hack

G. Love loses $424,000 in crypto hack

Laid-back singer and Special Sauce bandleader G. Love was decidedly not feeling a “Sunday Vibe” this weekend after losing (what he claimed to be) his life savings to a crypto wallet app scam. In an X post, the musician, who’s been acquiring bitcoin since 2017, allegedly lost his crypto while transferring it to a new computer. Love estimates that the damage totals around 5.92 BTC, which translates to roughly $424,000 USD.

“I had a really tough day today,” the singer, whose real name is Garrett Dutton, wrote on Saturday. “I lost my retirement fund in a hack/Scam when I switched my @Ledger over to my new computer and by accident downloaded a malicious ledger app from the @Apple store. All my BTC gone in an instant.” Though…

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