Details of a previous Electrum wallet hack surfaced following the massive one,400 Bitcoin (BTC) theft that striking headlines a few days ago.

"I had a similar situation 2 months ago," a Github user named Cryptbtcaly posted on the social media platform on Aug. 31. The user claimed someone pilfered 36.5 BTC from ane of their wallet addresses. The BTC reportedly ended upwards spread across v different addresses.

"Some of the stolen Bitcoin went to Binance, but they ignore my appeals and do not return," cryptbtcaly added.

Details of a larger hack surfaced on Aug. thirty, when a unlike Githubber reported 1,400 BTC as missing from their Electrum wallet. Prior to the hack, the victim reportedly had not used this detail Electrum wallet in most three years.

The thief, or thieves, appear to have likewise utilized a Binance business relationship, dorsum in January 2022, making a 5 BTC withdrawal, according to on-chain analysis using data from Crystal Blockchain. The transaction ID, or TXID, for the 1,400 BTC theft involved more than 75 addresses, based on comments from a Binance representative. One of those addresses was the one that withdrew v BTC in January 2022.

A phishing set on too plagued Electrum users in December 2022, although information technology is unclear at this time if the incident relates to the present day hacks.

UPDATE Sept. 2, xiii:27 UTC: This article has been updated for clarity.