LiveChat is considered to be a modern way to stay in touch with the customers and provide 24x7 support.

Well, a few hackers leveraged LiveChat of LocalBitcoins and made a profit by stealing 17 BTC.

Although it is a relatively smaller hack compared to other hacks mentioned in this post, 17 BTC is worth $843,995.60 as of 24th August 2021.

Hackers spread malware through LiveChat of LocalBitcoins and acquired access to the accounts of the Peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace LocalBitcoins.

CoinDesk notes that the then Vice President, currently serving as a Board Member of LocalBitcoins, Nikolaus Kangas acknowledged this breach on the forum of LocalBitcoins.