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A cryptocurrency user lost approximately $68 million in a sophisticated address poisoning scam involving 1,155 wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC). The scam, detected by blockchain security firms, involved the victim mistakenly sending the funds to a similar-looking but fraudulent address, EOA 0xd9A1. The erroneous transaction was prompted by a deceptive operation where the scammer mimicked a transfer of 0.05 ETH, leading the victim to copy the wrong address from their transaction history. The stolen funds, approximately 23K $ETH, were subsequently converted to Ethereum and moved, complicating recovery efforts.
Someone accidentally sent $71 MILLION dollars in wrapped bitcoin to a phishing address. A scammer created a similar address. He thought he was sending it to himself but sent it to the scam address instead. This is why you MUST always do a small test before sending crypto!… https://t.co/HWyMOzg4C9
Someone accidentally sent $71 MILLION dollars in wrapped bitcoin to a phishing address. A scammer created a similar address. He thought he was sending it to himself but sent it to the scam address instead. This is why you MUST always do a small test before sending a crypto!… https://t.co/OMJhU1rTbv
A cryptocurrency user has lost $68 million worth of $WBTC after falling victim to an "address poisoning" exploit, according to blockchain security firm @CertiK. https://t.co/OOOyfCkqyM