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What happened? Crypto wallet lost $32M in phishing attack.

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On September 27, a cryptocurrency wallet suffered a sophisticated theft: 12,083 spWETH tokens and about ( million disappeared within hours. According to Arkham Intelligence, the victim would be Shixing Mao, founder of F2Pool, one of the largest Bitcoin mining pools.

How the attack was executed

The hackers used precision phishing. First, they moved 10,000 spWETH $32 $26M) to an intermediary wallet, then they dispersed the funds into four different addresses to make tracking difficult. CertiK analyzed the entire flow and confirmed the sophistication of the operation.

The outlook is even more concerning

This is not an isolated case. In August 2024, crypto thefts skyrocketed by 215% compared to the previous month, surpassing ( million in total losses. A single attack cost as much as ) million.

The worst: AngelX has just emerged, an improved version of the famous scam Angel Drainer. In just 4 days, it deployed over 300 fake applications targeting networks like TON and Tron. Its dashboard allows attackers to create ultrapersonalized scams.

Evil bonus: DuckDuckGo is showing fake Etherscan pages that ask to connect MetaMask. Basically, your assets are just one click away from disappearing if you're not careful.

The moral: double-check, use hardware wallets for large amounts, and don't trust search links.

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