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User loses $32 million spWETH in a sophisticated phishing attack

According to crypto security firm Scam Sniffer, 9,145 users were victims of phishing attacks during August 2024, losing funds as a result.

A wallet ending in "e57" fell prey to a sophisticated phishing attack on Sept. 27 that left the wallet drained of 12,083 Spark Wrapped Ethereum tokens (spWETH), valued at $32 million.

According to security firm CertiK, 10,000 spWETH, valued at approximately $26 million, was initially sent to a wallet beginning with "0x471c." A portion of these funds was subsequently transferred to 4 additional wallets.

1,750 Ether (ETH) was transferred to a wallet beginning with the characters "0x105c", 2,613 ETH was sent to a wallet starting with "0x278d", an additional 3,730 ETH to an address beginning with "0x408d", and, finally, approximately 1,865 ETH was transferred to an address beginning in "0xfaf2."

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