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A crypto whale has lost more than $282 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) and Litecoin (LTC) after falling victim to a hardware wallet social engineering scam, making it one of the largest personal crypto thefts ever reported. According to ZackXBT, the incident occurred on January 10, 2026, at approximately 11 PM UTC, when scammers tricked …