04-20-2023, 05:53 AM
An update on the crypto hack currently taking place
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Yesterday there was a thread on this sub alerting users about a mysterious hack targeting different types of crypto wallets including OG wallets : <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12qe8dc/metamask_dev_is_investigating_a_massive_wallet/">https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12qe8dc/metamask_dev_is_investigating_a_massive_wallet/</a> </p> <p>Hack is still continuing without anyone knowing the exact cause (correct me if I'm wrong and the cause is found) because as per the Metamask dev who researched and brought this to light, it's affecting users who used hardware wallets, Metamask, non-metamask wallets, different OS, different browsers, etc. Some used password managers but some didn't. </p> <p>Here's more scarry part:</p> <p>A user came up and shared a detail update about his case. After getting alerted, this user tried to move funds to safety and the transaction got diverted to a different wallet than what the user specified: <a href="https://twitter.com/fiatphobia/status/1648714128578715650">https://twitter.com/fiatphobia/status/1648714128578715650</a></p> <p>The wallet where the funds are diverting has 200K transactions within 30 days. Transactions coming in every second and many transactions are pending: <a href="https://etherscan.io/address/0xE4eDb277e41dc89aB076a1F049f4a3EfA700bCE8">https://etherscan.io/address/0xE4eDb277e41dc89aB076a1F049f4a3EfA700bCE8</a></p> <p>Above link contains some comments where many users mentioned that they faced similar issue. They tried to send ETH to a wallet and it went to this hacker wallet instead. </p> <p>Not sure if this hack is related to the hack in the question but if it is, this seems to be very sophisticated hack.</p> <p>Let me know if I'm missing anything. If anyone of you is affected and are okay to get lot of messages from scammers on reddit, please share your story in the comments. Thanks!</p> <p>Edit: Looks like Metamask team is also trying to determine the cause of the hack: <a href="https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1648422231264075776">https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1648422231264075776</a></p> <p>Edit 2: Guys please ignore the banner image of this post! Reddit fetches images from links and here it's the profile pic of the user who's tweet link is used in my post. The user is: <a href="https://twitter.com/fiatphobia">https://twitter.com/fiatphobia</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/akoli35"> /u/akoli35 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12s45c5/an_update_on_the_crypto_hack_currently_taking/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12s45c5/an_update_on_the_crypto_hack_currently_taking/">[comments]</a></span>
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Yesterday there was a thread on this sub alerting users about a mysterious hack targeting different types of crypto wallets including OG wallets : <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12qe8dc/metamask_dev_is_investigating_a_massive_wallet/">https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12qe8dc/metamask_dev_is_investigating_a_massive_wallet/</a> </p> <p>Hack is still continuing without anyone knowing the exact cause (correct me if I'm wrong and the cause is found) because as per the Metamask dev who researched and brought this to light, it's affecting users who used hardware wallets, Metamask, non-metamask wallets, different OS, different browsers, etc. Some used password managers but some didn't. </p> <p>Here's more scarry part:</p> <p>A user came up and shared a detail update about his case. After getting alerted, this user tried to move funds to safety and the transaction got diverted to a different wallet than what the user specified: <a href="https://twitter.com/fiatphobia/status/1648714128578715650">https://twitter.com/fiatphobia/status/1648714128578715650</a></p> <p>The wallet where the funds are diverting has 200K transactions within 30 days. Transactions coming in every second and many transactions are pending: <a href="https://etherscan.io/address/0xE4eDb277e41dc89aB076a1F049f4a3EfA700bCE8">https://etherscan.io/address/0xE4eDb277e41dc89aB076a1F049f4a3EfA700bCE8</a></p> <p>Above link contains some comments where many users mentioned that they faced similar issue. They tried to send ETH to a wallet and it went to this hacker wallet instead. </p> <p>Not sure if this hack is related to the hack in the question but if it is, this seems to be very sophisticated hack.</p> <p>Let me know if I'm missing anything. If anyone of you is affected and are okay to get lot of messages from scammers on reddit, please share your story in the comments. Thanks!</p> <p>Edit: Looks like Metamask team is also trying to determine the cause of the hack: <a href="https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1648422231264075776">https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1648422231264075776</a></p> <p>Edit 2: Guys please ignore the banner image of this post! Reddit fetches images from links and here it's the profile pic of the user who's tweet link is used in my post. The user is: <a href="https://twitter.com/fiatphobia">https://twitter.com/fiatphobia</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/akoli35"> /u/akoli35 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12s45c5/an_update_on_the_crypto_hack_currently_taking/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12s45c5/an_update_on_the_crypto_hack_currently_taking/">[comments]</a></span>