Hacker Returns 51 ETH to Victim from Stolen $68 Million
A perpetrator who stole $68 million through an “address poisoning” scheme has contacted the victim. The hacker returned 51 ETH (~$153,800) to the user with a message to reach out via Telegram. This is evidenced by on-chain data on the Etherscan platform.
According to on-chain data, the hacker returned nearly all the stolen funds totaling 22,960 ETH (~$67.1 million).
“Please leave your Telegram, I will contact you,” the scammer wrote to the victim twice.
Communication was conducted through the Input Data field in the Ethereum transaction.
The message from the perpetrator came after the victim requested the return of most funds on May 5. The 51 ETH represents only 4.2% of the requested amount.
“After this, there is no turning back,” wrote the victim, adding:
“We both know it is impossible to clean these funds. You will be tracked down.”
The user urged the hacker to keep 10% of the stolen amount, returning the rest by May 6.
According to PeckShield, the hacker returned ~50% of the funds — 11,460 ETH worth $34.7 million.
#PeckShieldAlert ~50% of the stolen funds (~11,446.87 $ETH worth ~$34.7m) has been returned to the victim’s address pic.twitter.com/QRm6ZfWygr
— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) May 10, 2024
Earlier, on May 3, an unknown user lost 1,155 WBTC.
In “address poisoning,” perpetrators deceive or use technical tricks to make the victim send cryptocurrency to an incorrect address, which may resemble the legitimate one by its first and last characters.
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