An Ethereum wallet dormant for 11 years was targeted by address poisoning
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A November 10, 2026 report said that an Ethereum genesis-block wallet dormant for 11 years initiated a 0.05 ETH test transfer. Less than 3 minutes later, the wallet received a small amount of ETH from an address poisoner. The report said the attacker exploited the wallet’s truncated addresses and tainted transaction history, attempting to trick the holder into mistaking a similar address for the correct one and sending funds to it. The wallet holder ignored the similar address and, 38 minutes after the test transfer, sent 2,154.94 ETH to the correct address. The report did not say that this ETH was sent to the attacker.
AI-written from reports · updated 11 hours ago
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- CryptopolitanAddress poisoners target an Ethereum genesis wallet dormant for 11 years, launching an attack minutes after a test transfer
An Ethereum genesis wallet initiated a 0.05 ETH test transfer after 11 years of inactivity, and received a small amount of ETH from an address poisoner less than 3 minutes later. The wallet holder ignored the similar address and transferred 2,154.94 ETH to the correct address 38 minutes later; the attacker exploited the wallet’s truncated addresses and tainted its transaction history to trick the user into sending funds to the wrong address.
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