PANews|Oct 01, 2026 08:10
[Analyst: Block rewards of 19 validators transferred in MetaMask security incident, approximately 523,000 ETH validators voluntarily exited]
Analyst Kaden stated after an on-chain investigation that the previous MetaMask validator security incident might be related to the tampering of block reward receiving addresses. Kaden noted that 19 MetaMask validators had received block rewards, but the rewards of 18 validators were not paid to the correct fee receiving addresses and were instead transferred to an address funded by Tornado Cash (0x98B9…24A3). The actual rewards stolen by the attacker amounted to approximately 0.36 ETH, and for now, it appears that the attacker may not have the ability to withdraw staked ETH. Data shows that approximately 17,000 validators have voluntarily exited, involving around 523,000 ETH. Kaden stated that it is still unclear whether the attacker has the ability to modify all fee receiving addresses.
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