Address poisoning attack causes two victims to lose over $62 million

Scam Sniffer monitoring shows that in January, a single victim lost $12.2 million due to copying incorrect addresses in their transaction history. In addition, a similar attack occurred in December, resulting in a cumulative loss of over $62 million for the two victims. Address poisoning attacks induce users to copy incorrect addresses by sending a small amount of tokens to addresses with similar appearances. In addition, the amount stolen from signature phishing in January reached 6.27 million US dollars, an increase of 207% compared to the previous month. Analysis indicates that Ethereum Fusaka upgrade reduces transaction costs, leading to an increase in the frequency of such attacks. According to Coin Metrics data, stablecoin related dust trading accounts for approximately 11% of Ethereum's total daily transactions. Whitestream stated that DAI has become the first choice for illegal practitioners to store funds due to its failure to cooperate with the authorities in freezing addresses under protocol governance.