0x489a8756c18c0b8b24ec2a2b9ff3d4d447f79bec

Reported crypto scam address

Stablecoin freeze: Frozen by Tether (USDT) on 2022-10-06; Frozen by Circle (USDC) on 2022-10-07 (dates in UTC, read from the token contract).

This EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains) address was named in 8 public crypto scam reports: Hack, Phishing. First reported 2026-04-22. Last updated 2026-10-16.

BNB Bridge exploit — attacker addresses (rekt.news)

  • Scam type: Hack
  • Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
  • Reported: 2026-10-14
  • Last updated: 2026-10-16

BNB Bridge incident as documented by rekt.news (https://rekt.news/bnb-bridge-rekt). Incident date per rekt.news: 10/06/2022. Amount lost per rekt.news leaderboard: $586,000,000 (USD at time of incident). Addresses below are those the rekt.news article itself labels as attacker/exploiter/hacker addresses or attacker contracts (linked to block explorers), copied verbatim from the article: - 0x489a8756c18c0b8b24ec2a2b9ff3d4d447f79bec (BNB Chain; explorer link in article: https://bscscan.com/address/0x489a8756c18c0b8b24ec2a2b9ff3d4d447f79bec) — article context: "Exploiter’s address:…

DeFi Exploit: BNB BridgeUnaudited

  • Scam type: Hack
  • Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
  • Reported: 2026-04-27
  • Last updated: 2026-04-27

DeFi Exploit: BNB BridgeUnaudited Loss: $586,000,000 USD Source: https://rekt.news/bnb-bridge-rekt Summary: **“Have you tried turning it off and on again?”** _2M BNB stolen in a hack as complex as Binance’s naming system._ BSC Token Hub, the BNB bridge between the old Binance Beacon Chain and BSC, now BNB Chain… was exploited into minting two lots of 1M BNB directly to the hacker’s address. With a [BNB price](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bnb) of $293 at the time of the hack, the stolen 2M BNB amounts to $586M [(#3 on the leaderboard).](https://rekt.news/leaderboard/) However, the hacker…

Other addresses in this report: 0x05356fd06ce56a9ec5b4eaf9c075abd740cae4c2, 0xebf83628ba893d35b496121fb8201666b8e09f3c

Ethereum Exploit & Phishing Addresses

  • Scam type: Phishing
  • Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
  • Reported: 2026-04-25
  • Last updated: 2026-04-25

Ethereum addresses labeled as phishing, hacking, or exploit-related in blockchain analysis. Includes ByBit exploit, WazirX exploit, Radiant Capital exploit, and other known DeFi attacks.

Other addresses in this report: 0x0cffef1c95e280abc2ff1c44693eee19de921093, 0x28d990a4374aecaaf3db200c1b96d68215c3fc1f, 0xf36dd342a1d1c63aaddf9a95226349e527917ff3, 0x6863869b9d138e5bbef0ab565228648718d0b6c4, 0x4066cad8fde97a6182ca24841615955a2c7f9362, 0x1957a4c3d2edcb893c9b85833a417ea035d3aed7, 0xfae288c79c337e7f55db70abe85d39b59ed130ea, 0x1bb0970508316dc735329752a4581e0a4babc6b4, 0x1512fcb09463a61862b73ec09b9b354af1790268, 0x4483b0ed13043282774233076fe4c621dd18ce6d, 0x9ef42873ae015aa3da0c4354aef94a18d2b3407b, 0x9c7db0dfe1a8a8b4ba2a10ecaf3b257448e45cc7, 0x35febc10112302e0d69f35f42cce85816f8745ca, 0xc407fe2b691dd9b7c3dc6f4ef34c9ceb084d136b, 0xb8343bcc0256aa2d11022f12941c40c9822b6afb, 0x2290937a4498c96effb87b8371a33d108f8d433f, 0x8a4f03ca00400795119934c2ed458d8dd74a1dad, 0xd5b58cf7813c1edc412367b97876bd400ea5c489, 0xf03afb1c6a11a7e370920ad42e6ee735dbedf0b1, 0x9f232a0c25794d0a3a9bf7d4f7637f4093aaba59 and 29 more

Ethereum Exploit & Phishing Addresses

  • Scam type: Phishing
  • Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
  • Reported: 2026-04-25
  • Last updated: 2026-04-25

Ethereum addresses labeled as phishing, hacking, or exploit-related in blockchain analysis. Includes ByBit exploit, WazirX exploit, Radiant Capital exploit, and other known DeFi attacks.

Other addresses in this report: 0x0cffef1c95e280abc2ff1c44693eee19de921093, 0x28d990a4374aecaaf3db200c1b96d68215c3fc1f, 0xf36dd342a1d1c63aaddf9a95226349e527917ff3, 0x6863869b9d138e5bbef0ab565228648718d0b6c4, 0x4066cad8fde97a6182ca24841615955a2c7f9362, 0x1957a4c3d2edcb893c9b85833a417ea035d3aed7, 0xfae288c79c337e7f55db70abe85d39b59ed130ea, 0x1bb0970508316dc735329752a4581e0a4babc6b4, 0x1512fcb09463a61862b73ec09b9b354af1790268, 0x4483b0ed13043282774233076fe4c621dd18ce6d, 0x9ef42873ae015aa3da0c4354aef94a18d2b3407b, 0x9c7db0dfe1a8a8b4ba2a10ecaf3b257448e45cc7, 0x35febc10112302e0d69f35f42cce85816f8745ca, 0xc407fe2b691dd9b7c3dc6f4ef34c9ceb084d136b, 0xb8343bcc0256aa2d11022f12941c40c9822b6afb, 0x2290937a4498c96effb87b8371a33d108f8d433f, 0x8a4f03ca00400795119934c2ed458d8dd74a1dad, 0xd5b58cf7813c1edc412367b97876bd400ea5c489, 0xf03afb1c6a11a7e370920ad42e6ee735dbedf0b1, 0x9f232a0c25794d0a3a9bf7d4f7637f4093aaba59 and 29 more

Etherscan Flagged Address: BNB Bridge Exploiter

  • Scam type: Phishing
  • Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
  • Reported: 2026-04-24
  • Last updated: 2026-04-24

Ethereum address '0x489a8756c18c0b8b24ec2a2b9ff3d4d447f79bec' is labelled by Etherscan community as 'BNB Bridge Exploiter'. Flagged in the Etherscan phish/hack reporting system. Source: Forta Network labelled-datasets, Etherscan phish-hack-list.

BNB Bridge Exploit — Attacker Address

  • Scam type: Hack
  • Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
  • Reported: 2026-04-22
  • Last updated: 2026-04-22

Ethereum address belonging to the attacker who exploited BNB Bridge. Total stolen: $586,000,000 USD. Source: rekt.news (https://rekt.news/bnb-bridge-rekt). This address was used to receive or launder stolen funds from the BNB Bridge protocol exploit.

BNB Bridge Hack - Attacker Address

  • Scam type: Hack
  • Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
  • Project or site name: BNB Bridge
  • Reported: 2026-04-22
  • Last updated: 2026-04-22

Attacker wallet linked to the BNB Bridge exploit (10/06/2022). BNB Bridge exploiter. Source: Rekt.news exploit database.

BNB Bridge Exploit - Attacker Address

  • Scam type: Hack
  • Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
  • Reported: 2026-04-22
  • Last updated: 2026-04-22

BNB Bridge exploited for $568M in October 2022 via forged proof-of-work messages.

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