The lead podcast Protocol Podcast told how he lost 12 bitcoins. In response, subscribers sent him donations of several thousand dollars

Eric Savix, the lead podcast of the Protocol Podcast, has lost $ 110k in bitcoins. The investor has downloaded the fake Google Chrome cryptocurrency extension Keep Key. It required entering the key to the digital wallet. When Savix did this, access to BTC was gained by scammers who developed the application, Cryptopotato reports .

The crypto community has responded to the history of Savix. Within a day after he announced the loss, his subscribers transferred to his account about 0.7 BTC as donations. At the current rate, this is about $ 6.5 thousand. The investor noted that he would not touch the cryptocurrency and return it to subscribers if he succeeds in restoring the stolen access to the digital wallet.

The incident also commented on the head of the Binance exchange, Changpeng Zhao. He said that his company would put the address of the attackers on the black list, and also invited Saviks to talk in more detail about the fraudulent scheme, this will help other users not to encounter it.

On June 11, an unknown investor paid a commission of 10,668 ETH for the transfer of 350 Ethereum. So the user spent on the transaction more than $ 2.6 million in cryptocurrency instead of the usual 30 cents. A day earlier, the same user had lost another $ 2.5 million in the same way.