Sources (for documentation) Incident details + addresses + conversion to DAI and subsequent paths: Quick laundering report: MetaMask Swap → DAI → 16,690 ETH → Tornado Cash in ~30 minutes: On-chain evidence of 49,999,950 USDT being converted via MetaMask Swap Router

Did the wallet owner announce a deadline or bounty? So far, reliable sources focused on transaction flows and laundering details. No verified statement from the wallet owner about a bounty/deadline in this specific case. (In previous large incidents, victims sometimes sent

The attacker moved fast (the most dangerous part): According to SlowMist / ChainCatcher, within ~30 minutes: USDT → DAI via MetaMask Swap Then DAI → ETH (~16,690 ETH) Then the full amount was deposited into Tornado Cash. Why Tornado Cash? It’s a mixer that breaks the direct

Why this attack is so effective: Many wallets display addresses in short form (first 4–6 characters + last 4). If that’s how you verify addresses… you’re a perfect target.

Minutes after the test, the large transfer was sent: ~49,999,950 USDT But to the fake address, not the correct one. Why didn’t the test save them? Because the test was sent to the correct address ✅ But the large transfer copied the address from the poisoned transaction history

Key moment: The funds had arrived in the victim’s wallet less than one hour before the mistake, followed by the fatal copy-paste. The victim followed an apparent “best practice”: A test transfer of ~50 USDT was sent to the correct address to verify it. Correct (intended)

☂️🟣 Nearly $50 million USDT lost… No wallet hack. No private keys stolen. Just an address that looks like yours / the intended recipient. Attack name: Address Poisoning / Transaction-history poisoning The attacker sends a “dust transaction” from an address similar to one you

Thread: How ~$50M #USDT Was Lost Due to Address Poisoning #Crypto #CryptoScam #eth

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