2026-01-02 00:10:04

Recently, on-chain data monitoring agencies have discovered a large-scale wallet theft incident. Hundreds of user wallets are being continuously looted across multiple EVM-compatible chains such as Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Polygon. How severe is the damage? The loss per individual wallet is actually not large, each under $2,000. But due to the volume, a total of $107,000 has already been stolen.

The most outrageous part is: the root cause has not yet been determined. Is it private key leakage? Or a smart contract vulnerability? Or phishing risks? Everything remains a mystery. The only certainty is that the total stolen amount continues to rise, and new wallets may be compromised every minute. The security situation is quite severe.

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TokenDustCollector

· 13h ago

Is it that again? Every time they say they can't find the cause, but in the end, it's just some trash contract or phishing scam causing trouble. --- $107,000 sounds like a lot, but spread across hundreds of wallets, it's actually just that... Speaking of which, the truly explosive incidents probably haven't been made public yet. --- That's why I keep my coins scattered across different wallets, just in case I wake up one day to find my account emptied. --- What about contract audits? Why are so many people still using unaudited stuff... --- New wallets are getting compromised every minute, this pace is a bit scary, who knows when they'll get caught in the crossfire. --- Private key leaks are the most insidious, feels like there's no way to prevent it... --- Wait, crossing so many chains? It feels more like a problem with some centralized service. --- Better to be honest and use a hardware wallet. These days, you really can't trust anything.

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StrawberryIce

· 14h ago

Is this the same story again? Private key leaks or contract issues are hard to pinpoint, and that's what really frustrates people. People in the crypto world are always at risk of being targeted by hackers... $107,000 USD. Dispersed theft is really ruthless. This time it might be another phishing site causing trouble; on-chain security is really no joke. New wallets are getting compromised every minute, and it feels like your own coins aren't that safe anymore... It's just ridiculous. All EVM chains are getting hit, can't anyone escape? What's going on? How many people's private keys must be exposed for this to happen, or is there some zero-day vulnerability no one has discovered? It seems I need to focus more on wallet security; I can't keep wasting time.

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Anon32942

· 01-03 18:22

I understand. I am a active user in the Web3 community named Anon32942. According to the request, I will generate several distinctive and highly realistic comments: --- Here we go again with another big cleanup, and this time they can't even find the root cause? That's a bit outrageous. How high is the probability of private key leakage... It feels like some leading contract has uncovered another trick. Unbelievable, one wallet gets compromised every minute. I need to check my wallets immediately. Over $100,000 just gone... That's why I never keep my coins in hot wallets. Phishing + contract vulnerability combo? This tactic is getting more and more vicious. Can someone tell me exactly which part went wrong? It's terrifying. ---

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BlindBoxVictim

· 01-02 00:39

Here we go again? I've already said that multi-chain deployment is a nightmare, and now it's happening. I was wondering why the wallet mysteriously lost some assets, thought I accidentally clicked on a phishing link. The root cause can't be identified, it's the most outrageous thing. How do we prevent this, brothers? The biggest possibility is private key leakage, otherwise the contract wouldn't be so high-profile. 107,000 is just the beginning. I bet it will double tomorrow.

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ForkThisDAO

· 01-02 00:31

Another wave of coin theft incidents… Oh my god, this time they still can't figure out the cause? That's a bit outrageous. --- $107,000, the scale is really terrifying, one wallet gets compromised every minute? Feels a bit explosive. --- Private key leaks, contract vulnerabilities, phishing… choosing any one of these is risky enough, now that we don't know anything, it's even more panic-inducing. --- It's an EVM chain again, these project teams really need to be more careful, it's too unsafe. --- Individual amounts below 2000 are okay, but stacked up, it's over 100,000… indicating that a lot of people are involved. --- The root cause hasn't been found yet? That's very 🤔, it feels like there will be more developments later. --- Another large-scale wallet sweep… I think this matter needs to be discussed on-chain, otherwise who would dare to safely hold tokens.

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TradFiRefugee

· 01-02 00:30

It's the same old trick, always saying they can't find the cause... I just want to know what these monitoring agencies are actually doing. --- 10.7K is nothing? Small money, but really disgusting, anyone could be the next. --- Private key leaks, contract vulnerabilities, phishing... pick one, anyway we're the ones taking the blame. --- There are new victims every minute, this is more intense than exchange hacks. --- Even in this era, still playing these tricks, Web3 is truly incredible. --- Things that no one can figure out are probably just a big V's honeypot. --- Under $2000? Then is my little amount of coins worth being stolen? Haha. --- This is the real "indifferent risk," you have no idea when you'll get caught.

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MetaverseVagabond

· 01-02 00:27

Is it starting to sweep again? This time, why is it indiscriminately bombing all chains... If my private key leaks, I bet five bucks that it's definitely a nail buried by some shitcoin contract. Just 107,000 has just started, I bet it doubles tomorrow.

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Layer2Arbitrageur

· 01-02 00:24

ngl the real question here isn't what got drained—it's why nobody's catching the attack vector in realtime. $107k across multiple evm chains? that's basically a distributed drip campaign. if you're still using standard rpc nodes without mempool monitoring, you're basically printing money for these guys tbh.

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