Here Is Why You Should Never Use Crypto Wallet With Public Wi-Fi — TradingView News
Cryptocurrency trader who goes by The Smart Ape has shared with his 66,700 followers the story of how his wallet was drained thanks to a single approval on Solana’s Jupiter DEX. Meanwhile, some of the story’s details left the crypto community confused.
Crypto wallet user says his Phantom was hijacked via hotel Wi-Fi
In the recent holiday week, cryptocurrency and NFT investor The Smart Ape had his Solana Phantom wallet drained for $5,000, he shared in an X article with his 66,000+ followers. He suspects a hotel Wi-Fi flaw to be the attack vector that made the theft possible.
According to the post, the investor was spending the holiday in a premium hotel and utilized the venue’s public Wi-Fi network only protected by a captive page, with no…
