Coindroplet Hack
What happened
A phishing attack led to a loss of 23,095,489 USD in stETH and rETH tokens on Sep 06, 2023.
Coindroplet.io is a phishing website that targets users with fake airdrops. On Sep 06, 2023, a victim fell prey to the phishing attack, signing a malicious transaction that called the increaseAllowance() function. The attacker then executed two transactions, transferring 9,579.21 stETH and 4,850.98 rETH to their address.
The stolen funds were swapped to native ETH and DAI, then transferred through several EOA addresses, with part of the funds being deposited into TornadoCash. The attacker's address is associated with multiple websites, including coindroplet.io and coindroplet.net.
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