Major (and ongoing) Venmo hack is targeting accounts of big name poker pros

[Dan Druff]

Clearly the person doing it is a fan of poker, and realizes that those are the accounts likely to have big $ sitting in them.

Who else typically would? Even really rich people don't just leave tens of thousands sitting around in Venmo.

There might be other victims outside of poker, but we have no way to hear about it.

It's possible the hacker can't scan the entire Venmo system for large balances but can try specific people.

I know people that aren't poker/twiiter famous with 5 figures in their Venmo since pre-covid all the up and until now and nothing has happened.

Honestly if you asked me to name a non-poker-player (anyone, whether I know them personally or not), who has 5 figures in their Venmo right now, I'd be pressed to come up with a name.

But yeah I'm guessing they can't scan for balances, but rather have to take shots at whomever they think has $.