Key Takeaways

• Crypto influencer sillytuna lost roughly $24 million in aEthUSDC after falling victim to a sophisticated address-poisoning scam.

• Attackers used fake look-alike wallet addresses and dust transactions to trick the victim into sending funds.

• The stolen assets were swapped into ETH and then DAI, while the victim says threats followed the attack and plans to leave crypto entirely.

In crypto, the most devastating attacks often don’t involve broken code or stolen private keys — they exploit human habits.

That reality played out dramatically this week when a well-known crypto influencer, Sillytuna, lost roughly $24 million in a sophisticated address-poisoning scam, according to blockchain security firms.