According to cryptosecurity tracker CertiK Alerts, a hacker account, “Fake_phishing7064”, recently sent funds to an externally owned account (EOA) according to Etherscan data. The EOA has moved more than 100 ethereum (ETH) valued at $165ka to Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixer.
etherscan phishing attack
In an early February 4, 2023 tweet, CertiK Alert, the account appears to be moving funds, the product of various phishing attacks. According to the cryptosecurity firm, the address moved 981 ETH in the last 97 days.
According to Etherscan, the Fake_Phishing7064 account it currently registers a balance of 604 ETH valued at $1 million. The direction received around 8.55 ETH from wallet address 0x70747df6ac244979a2ae9ca1e1a82899d02bbea4 on Feb 3 7pm UTC. The management is very active, having made more than 20 transactions in the last week.
Management has seen robbed NFT victims
In November 2022, a Psychedelic NFT investor lost his Psychonaut NFT due to a phishing attack. The investor raised the theft alarm on Twitter, blaming the platform for not helping recover the stolen NFT.
A Twitter user with the username MetaLif3 responded to the victim, revealing how they were tricked into visiting a fake website that led to a wallet leak. After the attacker sold the Psychonaut NFT, the funds from the operation were sent to the Fake_Phishing7064 address.
it was not the last phishing incident management was involved with last year. Tokyo Rebels NFT project ambassador LeoBailey11 alerted Blockchain enthusiast ZachXBT that some funds from the infamous phishing hacker “Monkey Drainer” were moved to the Fake_Phishing7064 address.
It is essential to exercise caution when interacting with Fake_Phishing7046 and similar accounts. Similar accounts to keep a close eye on include Fake_Phishing7030, Fake_Phishing6103, and Fake_Phishing7045. Additionally, Etherscan recently launched ETH Protect, which allows users to protect their accounts by identifying and flagging contaminated ETH addresses.
In particular, the phisher has been using Tornado Cash, a crypto mixer, to hide the link between deposits and withdrawals.
