Sophisticated Solana Phishing Schemes Drain Millions from Users' Wallets
• Hackers have drained $4.17 million from Solana wallets through sophisticated phishing schemes involving simulated transactions.
• A hacker named "Rainbow Drainer" stole over $2 million from over 2,000 users through a fake NFT airdrop.
• A second hacker, "Node Drainer," stole over $2 million from 1,762 users in just two weeks through a Christmas phishing campaign.
• These "wallet drainers" convert stolen assets to money, with Node Drainer making over $1 million profit converting stolen USDC to ETH.
• Privacy browser DuckDuckGo recently displayed fraudulent ads leading users to phishing sites, with one user losing $12,000 in a scam 1inch advertisement.