Data leak [loss] $5M+

Twitter thread by ScamSniffer

2023-12-03 [vendor] Safe Wallet thefts
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $5.0M (5,000,000 USD)
Affected 21 individuals/accounts

Incident Details

Users of the (not so) Safe Wallet have lost $2.05 million altogether in the past week as they’ve been targeted by an attacker using an address poisoning attack. The same attacker was also behind such an attack on the Florence Finance real-world lending protocol, in which they stole $1.45 million.According to research group ScamSniffer, the attacker has stolen at least $5 million from at least 21 victims in the past four months.

Total loss estimated at $5,000,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Address poisoning attack
Vendor / Product
Safe Wallet thefts

Timeline

  1. 2023-12-03 Breach occurred
  2. 2023-12-03 Publicly disclosed