0x7028174ED69A237DE0791101b5b85D1E6Db35887 hot-wallet drain: 96 Ethereum wallets in about 70 minutes (5 Nov 2026)
- Scam type: Hack
- Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
- Project or site name: Hot-wallet drain campaign, 5 Nov 2026
- Incident date: 2026-11-05
- Reported: 2026-11-06
- Last updated: 2026-11-06
On 5 Nov 2026 Carlos (@theczarlos), whose X bio lists Growth at @DefinitiveFi, posted "about 10 minutes ago one of my old hot wallets was drained" and named 0x7028174ED69A237DE0791101b5b85D1E6Db35887 as the address used in what he called "an industrial-scale attack". In the same thread he wrote "my own key signed the transfers, so this is seed/key theft" and reported the "same pattern across every victim wallet I looked at". Carlos also wrote: "on mainnet today: 96 wallets drained in about 70 minutes, starting 16:11 UTC", and "other chains affected but haven't run deep analysis yet".…