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😱🫨Her carelessness got her in trouble: she lost $ 68 million worth of Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC)
A mysterious trader lost $68 million worth of Wrapped Bitcoin (#WBTC ) in a single transaction in an ”address poisoning" scam.
the $68 million theft was first revealed by onchain security firm Cyvers in an X post dated May 3:
“Are we wrong, or has someone really lost $68 million worth of WBTC? Our system has detected another address that fell victim to address poisoning and lost $1,155WBTC.”
Crypto scams are spreading danger!
According to CoinStats, the victim with the ”0x1E" wallet lost more than 97 percent of his total assets, which had a value of more than $ 67.8 million.
Scams continue to shake the mainstream trust in the crypto sector. In April, investors lost at least $ 33 million in digital assets in the fraud case surrounding the gambling platform ZKasino. Dutch authorities arrested a suspect in connection with the ZKasino fraud on April 29.
Despite the Casino incident, only $ 25.7 million worth of cryptocurrencies were lost due to fraud and attacks in April. This figure marks the lowest historical figure seen since 2021, when the in-chain intelligence firm CERTIK began tracking the data.
According to the report, losses from hacks, exploits and scams decreased by 141 percent compared to the previous month. The decline is largely due to the lack of seizure of private keys. April Marched through with only three private key leaks, while March saw more than 11 attacks through the seizure of private keys.
