Wagyu.xyz confirms data leak after refusing $5M ransom
- —WhiteArmor demanded $5M and released July–October data after non-payment
- —Leak contains 38,628 order records and 10,139 distinct IP addresses
- —4,580 completed cross-chain-to-XMR orders linked deposit hashes, XMR addresses and client IPs
- —Monero's on-chain privacy was not compromised; exposure is off-chain metadata
Why it matters: The episode shows how centralized swap front-ends can re-expose links at the edges of a privacy network, even when the underlying cryptography holds.
Source: The Crypto Times