According to Scam Sniffer, a crypto investor fell victim to a targeted phishing attack. Among the stolen assets were:
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$6.3 million in Wrapped Bitcoin aWBTC;
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$5.1 million in the stablecoin $DAI;
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$4.7 million in Wrapped Bitcoin tokens;
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$2.6 million in Ether.
After the attack, the fraudsters converted the stolen cryptocurrencies, including aWBTC and WBTC, via decentralized exchanges into 20 million $DAI and 3,000 ETH. They then distributed the funds across four crypto addresses, where, according to Scam Sniffer, the coins have so far remained untouched.
This is not the first such incident involving the same crypto investor. In September 2023, he lost $24.23 million after approving a transaction on a phishing site linked to the hacker group Inferno Drainer. At that time, the attackers stole 4,851 rETH tokens and 9,579 stETH. Later, the majority of the funds—about 90% of the stolen amount—were returned to the owner.
Earlier, security experts from Scam Sniffer reported on a crypto investor who lost 999,999 of the stablecoin $USDT after signing a phishing transaction on the Ethereum network. The victim granted the scammers' smart contract permission for unlimited withdrawals of $USDT from his address.
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