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<p dir="ltr">The hacker who has managed to pull off a $68 million address poisoning scam has now&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/SlowMist_Team/status/1788591260409938273" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">requested</a> to contact the victim via the Ethereum blockchain, asking for their Telegram in order to start communication.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">This comes after the victim repeatedly tried to reach out the hacker following the loss of funds:&nbsp;"We both know $7 million is enough to live very comfortably, but $70 million will keep you up at night," one of the messages&nbsp;<a href="https://etherscan.io/idm?addresses=0x1e227979f0b5bc691a70deaed2e0f39a6F538fd5%2C0xd9a1c3788d81257612e2581a6ea0ada244853a91&amp;type=1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">said</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<h2 id="a-68-million-nightmare">A $68 million nightmare&nbsp;</h2>
<p dir="ltr">As&nbsp;<a href="https://u.today/68-million-mistake-funds-of-scammed-crypto-trader-already-converted-to-ethereum" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">reported by U.Today</a>, a trader lost a staggering $68 million worth of wrapped Bitcoin (BTC) by sending the aforementioned sum to a fraudulent address that looked almost identical to the real one.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Address poisoning involves sending spam transactions from almost identical addresses. Potential victims are expected to copy and paste these addresses from transaction history without double-checking them.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">The fact that someone with such a huge amount of crypto fell for such a relatively simple ruse puzzled many members of the cryptocurrency community.&nbsp;</p>
<h2 id="tracking-down-the-hacker">Tracking down the hacker&nbsp;</h2>
<p dir="ltr">Shortly after scamming the traders out of their millions, the hacker started converting the ill-gotten funds into multiple Ethereum addresses.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">However, some experts noted that it would be very challenging for the hacker to actually launder these funds without getting caught.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">SlowMist, a blockchain security firm, recently further explored the incident. It identified several IPs of the hacker that originate from Hong Kong-based mobile stations. However, it was possible that a VPN was used for conducting the transactions. The hacker also conducted similar attacks on the Tron network.&nbsp;</p>

Hacker Behind $68 Million Bitcoin Scam Wants to Contact Victim

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