A mystery wallet hack

Discussion in 'Crypto Assets' started by ETJ, Apr 23, 2023.

  1. ETJ

    ETJ

    A mystery wallet hack
    There’s a mystery hack going on and nobody knows who is behind it.

    MyCrypto founder Taylor Monahan tweeted this week about a “massive wallet draining operation” that has drained 5000+ ETH and NFTs across 11+ chains since December.

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    Afaik, no one has determined the source of their compromise.

    Multiple devices have been forensic'd. Nothing.

    The only known commonalities are:
    - Keys were created btwn 2014-2022
    - Folks are those who are more crypto native than most (e.g. multiple addresses, work in space, etc)

    5:49 AM • Apr 18, 2023
    437 likes • 23 retweets
    Long-time crypto users are finding their wallets drained by the mystery attacker, the thread notes, and despite significant research it's still unclear what the link between victims is. Monahan notes that some of the drained wallets had never signed transactions, suggesting hackers somehow gained access to the private keys themselves. MetaMask has issued a statement saying that this is not a MetaMask-specific exploit.

    What's going on?!?

    There is precious little information on how this attack is being executed. According to Monahan, the only known factors are that the private keys in question were created between 2014-2022 and that folks “who are more crypto native than most” are being targeted.

    With so few details regarding potential causes or solutions, Crypto Twitter has understandably been freaking out this past week.

    From Bankless
     
  2. maxinger

    maxinger

    A mystery wallet hack
    There’s a mystery hack going on and nobody knows who is behind it.

    MyCrypto founder Taylor Monahan tweeted this week about a “massive wallet draining operation” that has drained 5000+ ETH and NFTs across 11+ chains since December.
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    and BTC went from
    16K in December to 28K
     
  3. Overnight

    Overnight

    Why don't they just call their bank and tell the....Ohhhh...RIGHT!

    "Cryptos. One day we'll get it together!"
     
  4. Don't worry about who's behind the hack. Dan Pena knows the guy! And when it comes out...

    ZERO! ZERO! ZERO!
     
  5. Tokenz

    Tokenz

    I think the Wallet provider is the hacker. Selective scamming.

    I had funds in Metamask that grew legs and walked out the door one day.