Crypto Whale Loses $25.6 Million 2 Years After $24 Million Phishing Attack

NewsThu, 13 Aug 2026 02:01:44 UTC3 hours ago

An unknown crypto whale lost $25.6 million after an attacker drained their wallet. The hacker swapped the stolen assets into Dai (DAI) and Ethereum (ETH), onchain analyst Specter reported.

The same wallet lost $24.2 million to a phishing attack in September 2023. Afterward, the attacker returned roughly 90% of the funds.

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An unknown victim was just drained of $25.6M in assets.

The attacker swapped all the assets, including WBTC, cbBTC, LDO, USDS, and CRV, for DAI and ETH.

Interestingly, the same wallet was drained of $24.23M in September 2023 due to malicious token approvals. The attacker… pic.twitter.com/xhGObE5zsS
- Specter (@SpecterAnalyst) August 12, 2026

Attacker Drains aWBTC, DAI, and WBTC From Whale Wallet

Blockchain security firm PeckShield detailed the largest holdings taken. This included $6.3 million in aWBTC. DAI losses totaled $5.1 million, while direct Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) holdings totaled $4.7 million.

Roughly $2.6 million in ETH also left the wallet. Smaller balances of cbBTC, USDS, Lido DAO (LDO), and Curve DAO (CRV) went the same way.

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Crypto Whale Loses $25.6 Million 2 Years After $24 Million Phishing Attack

Attacker Drains aWBTC, DAI, and WBTC From Whale Wallet

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