YOUR CHRONICLE GAME HACKED PASSWORD

Bye bye $400.ġ0:43 am ET – I tweet the following: So this lowlife 0x178b5ba… just hacked into my MetaMask wallet and stole $400 with this transaction 0xce7cb31ad4d6f… I have no idea how. So it is clearly not a transaction that was initiated from my end.ġ0:05 am ET – I contacted MetaMask support and received an email confirming receipt of the ticket that says it may take up to 7 days for anyone to look at it. The transaction is not listed in the transaction history of my MetaMask wallet. The hackers left a balance of 0.0009 ETH roughly $4.

The transaction is logged on CoinTracker (which is where I received the notification) and Etherscan.io but it is not visible in my MetaMask wallet. I’ll keep it updated.ġ0:00 am ET – Just received a notification that roughly $400 in ETH was sent from my shellypalmer.eth (0x5A2a0266…77AFb) to a wallet I’ve never heard of.

YOUR CHRONICLE GAME HACKED PASSWORD

It may have been a vulnerability in a Chrome plugin, or perhaps the hackers guessed my password (not likely), or perhaps I visited a website and was not careful enough when I signed-in with my MetaMask wallet (also unlikely, but possible). I have been aware that the wallet was vulnerable to attack, but this hack is remarkable. I always keep a small amount of ETH in my MetaMask wallet to buy virtual goods and NFTs and game tokens, etc. I’m writing this blog post as a warning for anyone who thinks keeping more than a few hundred dollars in a “hot wallet” is a good idea. Even though I can clearly see the address of the wallet that stole it.

My MetaMask Chrome Extension Wallet was hacked the morning of December 5, 2021.

Your chronicle game hacked