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🚨 A Silent Disaster in the Crypto World: Trader Loses $50 Million in Failed Attempt to Counter Address Poisoning Attack
While many believe that risks in digital currencies are limited to price volatility, there is a more dangerous threat operating in the shadows
🔻 Address Poisoning Attack (Address Poisoning) is not a technical hack, but a clever psychological trick: small amounts are sent from an address that resembles the victim's real address, causing the user to later copy and send to the wrong address without noticing.
In this incident:
❌ The trader attempted to execute a counter-move to regain control
❌ One wrong step cost him $50 million
❌ No hacking, no technical flaw, just a smart human error
🧠 The bigger picture that no one talks about
📉 Since the emergence of digital currencies:
🔹 Cumulative security losses have exceeded $90 billion
🔹 Most of it is not due to blockchain vulnerabilities
🔹 But due to:
– Social engineering
– Poor user interfaces
– Lack of human protection standards
In a shocking sense:
Humans are the weakest link in a system that cannot be broken technically.
⚠️ Why are these attacks multiplying now?
🔸 Wallets have become faster than user awareness
🔸 Copy-pasting has become an automatic habit
🔸 There are not enough smart warning systems
🔸 Most users do not verify the full address
The attack does not require hacking skills
Just patience and vigilance.
🧩 Summary
Blockchain has not failed.
Encryption has not been broken.
Systems are working as designed.
But:
Security in crypto is no longer just a technical issue
It is a matter of human behavior.
In a world where transactions are irreversible,
One mistake = zero compensation.
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