Exploiter Steals $68M Worth of Crypto Through Address Poisoning

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  "title": "Exploiter Steals $68M Worth of Crypto Through Address Poisoning",
  "description": "A user unintentionally sent 1,155 wrapped bitcoin to an exploiter's wallet after being targeted by address poisoning.The scam has been confirmed by various blockchain security firms.02:38'High Likelihood'...",
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  "content": "<div><article><div><div><div><ul><li><p>A user unintentionally sent 1,155 wrapped bitcoin to an exploiter's wallet after being targeted by address poisoning.</p></li><li><p>The scam has been confirmed by various blockchain security firms.</p></li></ul></div><div><li><div><div><p><img src=\"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Id1eXO3c/poster.jpg?width=720\" alt=\"'High Likelihood' Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson Will Become Trump's Crypto Advisor\" /></p><p><span>02:38</span></p></div><div><p><span>'High Likelihood' Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson Will Become Trump's Crypto Advisor</span></p></div></div></li><li><div><div><p><img src=\"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/1uUluVXN/poster.jpg?width=720\" alt=\"Bitcoin Hits New $76K Record High, ETFs Post $620M Inflows\" /></p><p><span>01:42</span></p></div><div><p><span>Bitcoin Hits New $76K Record High, ETFs Post $620M Inflows</span></p></div></div></li><li><div><div><p><img src=\"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2vu459Oh/poster.jpg?width=720\" alt=\"Bitcoin's New All-Time High; U.S. BTC Reserve Hopes Fly\" /></p><p><span>02:41</span></p></div><div><p><span>Bitcoin's New All-Time High; U.S. BTC Reserve Hopes Fly</span></p></div></div></li><li><div><div><p><img src=\"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/HmqxWdEl/poster.jpg?width=720\" alt=\"Bitcoin to Reach $100K by December or January: 10x Research Founder\" /></p><p><span>16:22</span></p></div><div><p><span>Bitcoin to Reach $100K by December or January: 10x Research Founder</span></p></div></div></li></div><div><p>A cryptocurrency user has lost $68 million worth of wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) after falling victim to an address poisoning exploit, according to <a href=\"https://twitter.com/CertiKAlert/status/1786378165050306774\" target=\"_blank\">blockchain security firm CertiK</a>.</p></div></div><div><div><p>Address poisoning is a technique that involves tricking the victim into sending a legitimate transaction to the wrong wallet address by mimicking the first and last six characters of the true wallet address and depending on the sender to miss the discrepancy in the intervening characters. Wallet addresses can be as long as 42 characters.</p></div><div><p>In this case, the exploiter mimicked a 0.05 ether <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://coindesk.com/price/ethereum/\" title=\"Ethereum Price | ETH Price Index and Live Chart - CoinDesk\">(ETH)</a> transaction before receiving 1,155 WBTC from the victim.</p></div></div><div><div><p>Security platform <a href=\"https://twitter.com/CyversAlerts/status/1786363410243858869\" target=\"_blank\">Cyvers</a> and blockchain sleuth <a href=\"https://t.me/investigations/114\" target=\"_blank\">ZachXBT</a> confirmed that $68 million had been lost to an address poisoning scam.</p></div><div><p>Crypto investors <a href=\"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/12/27/crypto-users-lost-2b-to-hacks-scams-and-exploits-in-2023-defi-says/\" target=\"_blank\">lost $2 billion to hacks</a>, scams and exploits across decentralized finance (DeFi) in 2023 and an additional <a href=\"https://www.coindesk.com/video/crypto-lost-dollar333m-to-hacks-in-q1-of-2024-immunefi/\" target=\"_blank\">$333 million was stolen</a> in the first quarter.</p></div><p>Edited by Sheldon Reback.</p></div></div><div><p>Disclosure</p><div><p>Please note that our <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.coindesk.com/privacy/\">privacy policy</a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.coindesk.com/terms/\">terms of use</a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.coindesk.com/privacy/#cookies\">cookies</a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.coindesk.com/privacy/#dnsmpi\">do not sell my personal information</a> have been updated.</p><p>CoinDesk is an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/02/20/coindesk-wins-a-polk-award-a-top-journalism-prize-for-explosive-ftx-coverage/\">award-winning</a> media outlet that covers the cryptocurrency industry. 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