A mystery wallet hack
There’s a mystery hack going on and nobody knows who is behind it.
MyCrypto founder Taylor Monahan tweeted this week about a “massive wallet draining operation” that has drained 5000+ ETH and NFTs across 11+ chains since December.
Tay 
@tayvano_
Afaik, no one has determined the source of their compromise.
Multiple devices have been forensic'd. Nothing.
The only known commonalities are:
- Keys were created btwn 2014-2022
- Folks are those who are more crypto native than most (e.g. multiple addresses, work in space, etc)
5:49 AM • Apr 18, 2023
437 likes • 23 retweets
Long-time crypto users are finding their wallets drained by the mystery attacker, the thread notes, and despite significant research it's still unclear what the link between victims is. Monahan notes that some of the drained wallets had never signed transactions, suggesting hackers somehow gained access to the private keys themselves. MetaMask has issued a statement saying that this is not a MetaMask-specific exploit.
What's going on?!?
There is precious little information on how this attack is being executed. According to Monahan, the only known factors are that the private keys in question were created between 2014-2022 and that folks “who are more crypto native than most” are being targeted.
With so few details regarding potential causes or solutions, Crypto Twitter has understandably been freaking out this past week.
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There’s a mystery hack going on and nobody knows who is behind it.
MyCrypto founder Taylor Monahan tweeted this week about a “massive wallet draining operation” that has drained 5000+ ETH and NFTs across 11+ chains since December.
Tay @tayvano_
Afaik, no one has determined the source of their compromise.
Multiple devices have been forensic'd. Nothing.
The only known commonalities are:
- Keys were created btwn 2014-2022
- Folks are those who are more crypto native than most (e.g. multiple addresses, work in space, etc)
5:49 AM • Apr 18, 2023
437 likes • 23 retweets
Long-time crypto users are finding their wallets drained by the mystery attacker, the thread notes, and despite significant research it's still unclear what the link between victims is. Monahan notes that some of the drained wallets had never signed transactions, suggesting hackers somehow gained access to the private keys themselves. MetaMask has issued a statement saying that this is not a MetaMask-specific exploit.
What's going on?!?
There is precious little information on how this attack is being executed. According to Monahan, the only known factors are that the private keys in question were created between 2014-2022 and that folks “who are more crypto native than most” are being targeted.
With so few details regarding potential causes or solutions, Crypto Twitter has understandably been freaking out this past week.
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