06-15-2021, 08:24 AM
Unsolicited tokens deposited into your wallet / dusting attacks
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hey all,</p> <p>If you've ever had your wallet dusted before, it can be pretty confusing. "Someone gave me free money!" you may think. Like everything in life, there's no such thing as a free lunch. </p> <p><strong>What is a dusting attack?</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.gemini.com/cryptopedia/crypto-dusting-attack-bitcoin#section-who-would-perform-a-dusting-attack">From Gemini...</a></p> <blockquote> <p><em>A dusting attack is an attack in which a trace amount of crypto, called dust, is sent to thousands — sometimes even hundreds of thousands — of wallet addresses. This attack is deployed in order to track these addresses with the hope of “un-masking” or de-anonymizing them.</em> </p> </blockquote> <p>As a cryptocurrency user, you may boot up metamask one day and see an unrecognized token in your wallet. If you have ever posted your ETH / BSC / whatever crypto address anywhere on the internet, this will happen to you eventually. </p> <p>Most of the time it's just a shitcoin creator sending their funds to addresses they have scraped from the internet, in order to promote their worthless coin. <strong>However,</strong> it is entirely feasible someone is trying to de-anonymize you. The dust can be tracked through the blockchain until it hits an exchange or lands in a wallet you are trying to keep anonymous. </p> <p>Even if you are a small fish, it is inherently risky to swap or move tokens which you did not ask for.</p> <p>The best course of action when you get dusted is to <strong>never touch those funds, ever.</strong> A good practice is to generate a new wallet address each time you accept crypto. Stacking all your coins into one wallet will increase the chance someone dusts you.</p> <p>Even if this has never happened to you, being mindful of this attack vector will strengthen your crypto security. Good luck out there!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/seekingomega"> /u/seekingomega </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/nzo47c/unsolicited_tokens_deposited_into_your_wallet/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/nzo47c/unsolicited_tokens_deposited_into_your_wallet/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hey all,</p> <p>If you've ever had your wallet dusted before, it can be pretty confusing. "Someone gave me free money!" you may think. Like everything in life, there's no such thing as a free lunch. </p> <p><strong>What is a dusting attack?</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.gemini.com/cryptopedia/crypto-dusting-attack-bitcoin#section-who-would-perform-a-dusting-attack">From Gemini...</a></p> <blockquote> <p><em>A dusting attack is an attack in which a trace amount of crypto, called dust, is sent to thousands — sometimes even hundreds of thousands — of wallet addresses. This attack is deployed in order to track these addresses with the hope of “un-masking” or de-anonymizing them.</em> </p> </blockquote> <p>As a cryptocurrency user, you may boot up metamask one day and see an unrecognized token in your wallet. If you have ever posted your ETH / BSC / whatever crypto address anywhere on the internet, this will happen to you eventually. </p> <p>Most of the time it's just a shitcoin creator sending their funds to addresses they have scraped from the internet, in order to promote their worthless coin. <strong>However,</strong> it is entirely feasible someone is trying to de-anonymize you. The dust can be tracked through the blockchain until it hits an exchange or lands in a wallet you are trying to keep anonymous. </p> <p>Even if you are a small fish, it is inherently risky to swap or move tokens which you did not ask for.</p> <p>The best course of action when you get dusted is to <strong>never touch those funds, ever.</strong> A good practice is to generate a new wallet address each time you accept crypto. Stacking all your coins into one wallet will increase the chance someone dusts you.</p> <p>Even if this has never happened to you, being mindful of this attack vector will strengthen your crypto security. Good luck out there!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/seekingomega"> /u/seekingomega </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/nzo47c/unsolicited_tokens_deposited_into_your_wallet/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/nzo47c/unsolicited_tokens_deposited_into_your_wallet/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R