Hackers Steal Over $4 mn in Fake Airdrops
Two wallet drainers, Rainbow Drainer and Node Drainer, have stolen $4.17 million worth of assets from 3,967 Solana wallets since late November, according to a report by Scam Sniffer and crypto analytics platform Dune.
The majority of these thefts have occurred since mid-December. Malicious actors targeted specific Solana token communities with NFT airdrops and attached phishing website links to those NFTs.
Users of Rainbow Drainer targeted holders of ZERO, the native token of Solana meta protocol Analysoor, by airdropping them NFTs that claimed to offer vouchers for 1,000 free ZERO tokens.
Curious recipients then clicked the external link associated with the NFT and signed a transaction linking their wallets to the site, presumably in hopes of receiving free tokens.
These attacks have netted thiefs $2.15 million in the last few weeks, with assets stolen in these exploits including BONK, ZERO, USDT, and USDC.
Node Drainer exploits also involved placing similar phishing links in Discord groups and infiltrating Twitter accounts, resulting in $2.025 million in the form of ANALOS and BONK.
(With inputs from Shikha Singh)
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