🚨 Cryptocurrency Heist: $36 Million Stolen Due to Phishing!
The latest news is that a careless cryptocurrency investor lost 15,079 fwdETH worth up to $36 million due to a cunning phishing scheme! 😨 This is a considerable sum, so those who often do DeFi protocol authorization should be careful!
According to the Web3 anti-fraud platform Scam Sniffer’s X tweet on October 11, the unlucky investor accidentally signed a license phishing signature five hours before the report came out, and thus gave the hacker access to his wallet. The hacker acted quickly and immediately sold the stolen tokens on the market, causing the price of dETH to plummet by more than 90% in one day!
At the same time, analyst roffett.eth reminded everyone that this incident not only caused heavy losses to individual investors, but also affected DeFi protocols such as PAC Finance and Orbit Finance, because the price plunge triggered vulnerabilities in their systems.
According to analysis, this type of license phishing is a scammer using the user approval mechanism in DeFi to trick users into granting them access to their wallets. Scammers will create some seemingly formal websites or application interfaces, asking users to sign "permission" transactions, which is actually tricking you into giving them control of your wallet.
This is not the first time. Scam Sniffer said that just 12 days ago, a victim lost 12,083 spWETH worth $32 million due to similar tactics.
Therefore, before signing any transaction license, everyone must check again and again, and do not click on unknown links casually. Scam Sniffer also reminded everyone: "Be sure to carefully check any signatures you are asked to sign, and avoid clicking on unknown links."
💬 Have you heard of similar phishing attacks? How do you think we should be more vigilant about this type of scam? Share your safety tips, let us work together to protect our digital assets!
In short, protect your wallet, do not easily authorize unknown DeFi protocols, and don't let scammers take advantage of it!