🔥This one hurts.
One copy-paste, $50,000,000 gone.
The victim did everything "by the book."
They sent a $50 test transaction to their intended address to be safe. #TrumpTariffs
But scammers were watching. Minutes later, the attacker "poisoned" the victim's transaction history by sending a 0-value transaction from a lookalike address.
Matching the first three and last four characters exactly.
When the whale went to send the remaining $49,999,950, they copied the spoofed address from their history instead of the original.
Attacker swapped for $ETH and is currently being funneled through Tornado Cash to mask the trail.
In a blistering on-chain message, the victim has officially declared war.
Law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies are involved.
Six specific hacker addresses are now under constant watch.
Return 98% of the funds within 48 hours and keep $1,000,000 as a "white-hat bounty".
Fail to comply, and their identity will be shared with international authorities for "irreversible consequences".
2025 has officially become the worst year for crypto security, with total losses now crossing $9.1 Billion. #BTCVSGOLD
But, how can we expect the world to "be their own bank" when a single copy-paste error leads to financial ruin?
