Crypto Whale Loses $25.6 Million 2 Years After $24 Million Phishing Attack

An unknown crypto whale lost $25.6 million after an attacker drained their wallet. The hacker swapped the stolen assets into Dai (DAI) and Ethereum (ETH), onchain analyst Specter reported. The same wallet lost $24.2 million to a phishing attack in September 2023.

Afterward, the attacker returned roughly 90% of the funds.

Follow us on X to get the latest news as it happens An unknown victim was just drained of $25.6M in assets.The attacker swapped all the assets, including WBTC, cbBTC, LDO, USDS, and CRV, for DAI and ETH.Interestingly, the same wallet was drained of $24.23M in September 2023 due to malicious token approvals.

The attacker… pic.twitter.com/xhGObE5zsS— Specter (@SpecterAnalyst) August 12, 2026 Attacker Drains aWBTC, DAI, and WBTC From Whale Wallet Blockchain security firm PeckShield detailed the largest holdings taken. This included $6.3 million in aWBTC.