Hackers Steal $24M in Violent Crypto ‘Wrench Attack’

TheNewsCryptoPubblicato 2026-03-05Pubblicato ultima volta 2026-03-05

A cryptocurrency holder has stated that hackers have stolen around $24 million in a crypto robbery after a violent assault. Although the blockchain security analysts are now tracking the movement of the funds on-chain.

An X user with the username “Silly Tuna” claimed that the theft happened at the time of a physical attack that comprised weapons and threats of kidnapping and sexual violence. The user mentioned that police have been informed of the description of the incident as a violent assault and theft in which the attackers were after their crypto holdings.

The user wrote in the post that they still have limbs, phew. And claimed that they were held down while attackers threatened them with axes and forced the transfer of funds. The user further mentioned that the stolen assets were shifted to an Ethereum wallet starting with 0x6fe0...0322 and provided a 10% bounty on any recovered funds.

What Did The Blockchain Security Company Further Report?

The user also appealed to blockchain investigators to help trace the transactions. Blockchain security company PeckShield later reported that an address associated with the victim had been drained of around $24 million worth of aEthUSDC, referring to the incident as an address poisoning attack.

As per the firm, around $20 million in DAI associated with the exploit is now sitting in two attacker-handled staging wallets, each having around $10 million. These wallets haven’t been mixed, saying the funds remain traceable for now.

PeckShield also mentioned the attacker has started bridging small amounts of the stolen assets to the layer-2 network, Arbitrum, an even mostly used by attackers to attempt to fragment or obscure transaction trails.

The incident underscores the surging risk of physical attacks aimed at cryptocurrency holders, often called ‘wrench attacks’, where criminals leverage coercion or violence to force victims to hand over private keys or perform transfers. It is still not clear if any of the stolen funds have been recovered currently.

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