Mark Cuban Loses $870K in Crypto After Falling for Phishing Scam

Dallas Maverick owner and billionaire Mark Cuban lost around $870,000 worth of crypto tokens after likely clicking a phishing link.
The attack drained Cuban's wallet of stablecoins, stETH, RARE tokens, and ENS domains.
Cuban was alerted and managed to save over $2.5 million in MATIC tokens.
The phishing stemmed from a fake MetaMask wallet app Cuban downloaded.
This was the second recent high-profile crypto phishing attack after Vitalik Buterin's account was hit.

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