DeFi Exploit: Whale Hunter's Payday

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

DeFi Exploit: Whale Hunter's Payday Date: 08/20/2024 Loss: $55,470,000 USD Tags: REKT, Phishing Summary: When phishing for whales, sometimes you land a big one. A crypto whale found themselves $55.47 million lighter after falling victim to a sophisticated phishing attack targeting their Maker vault. Exploit/attacker addresses extracted from on-chain analysis and incident reports. Reference: https://rekt.news/whale-hunters-payday Source: https://de.fi/rekt-database

Other addresses in this report: 0xf2b889437f243396b29e829908b5d8ebe2e13048, 0x0000db5c8b030ae20308ac975898e09741e70000, 0x5d4b2a02c59197eb2cae95a6df9fe27af60459d4

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