The promotional plugin steals cookies from users, which hackers use to bypass password and two-factor authentication verification and log into the victim's Binance account.
A Chinese trader lost $1 million to a hacking scam using a promotional Google Chrome plugin called Aggr. The promotional plugin steals cookies from users, which hackers use to bypass password and two-factor authentication verification and log into the victim's Binance account.
A trader took to X to recount the ordeal of losing their life savings to an unexpected scam. The trader with X username CryptoNakamao said that on May 24, his Binance account started trading randomly, and he only realized after he opened the Binance app to check the Bitcoin (BTC) price.
By the time he sought assistance from Binance, the hacker had already withdrawn all the funds.
