Ethereum

2024

Bitcoin

ZachXBT

April

Crypto scammers successfully stole a whopping 1,155 wrapped Bitcoin using a technique that tricks users into malicious transactions.&nbsp; 
According to blockchain security provider <a href="https://x.com/CertiKAlert/status/1786378165050306774" target="_blank" rel="">CertiK</a>, a crypto user lost over $69.3 million in wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) to an address-poisoning attack on May 3.&nbsp;At first, the attacker mirrored a 0.05 Ethereum (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/ethereum/" target="_blank" rel="">ETH</a>) transfer before stealing the WBTC in the next transaction. 
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On-chain investigator <a href="https://t.me/investigations/114" target="_blank" rel="">ZachXBT</a> and crypto security provider Cyvers corroborated the news. Cyvers CTO Meir Dolev said the case was “probably the highest value lost due to an address poisoning scam” to date.&nbsp; 
In an address poisoning scam, victims are presented with a similar wallet address and deceived into transferring assets to an exploiter. The malicious address usually imitates the four to six characters at the beginning and end of an address.&nbsp; 
Users fall prey to this method as the differences are sometimes hard to spot, especially since wallet addresses may exceed 40 alpha-numeric characters in some cases.&nbsp; 
The incident has already eclipsed the proceeds from exploits and scams throughout the last month, which <a href="https://crypto.news/certik-damage-from-hacks-scams-reaches-lowest-level-since-2021/" target="_blank" rel="">amounted</a> to about $25.7 million in digital assets. CertiK also noted that April saw the lowest defi scam levels seen since 2021.&nbsp; 
 Read more: <a href="https://crypto.news/losses-from-crypto-hacks-drop-67-to-60m-in-april/" rel=""> Losses from crypto hacks drop 67% to $60m in April </a>

Crypto user loses $69.3m to address poisoning scammer

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