Newly Discovered SleepDrop Attack Puts Your ETH at Risk
Ethereum Newly Discovered ‘SleepDrop’ Attack Puts Your ETH at Risk Balita ng Ethereum ng Bitcoin Members of the Forta network have discovered a new type of cryptocurrency scam dubbed the “Sleepdrop,” which has affected a significant number of users. The scam involves the presence of unexpected tokens from a seemingly legitimate contract in users wallets. Users who do not avoid such airdropped tokens are at grave risk. The Forta network sent out a tiririt on Thursday warning about the Sleepdrop. According to Forta, this scam operates by imitating the appearance of a genuine token through a technique similar to “sleepminting” of NFTs. But the bad actors specifically target ERC-20 tokens. So far, the scammers have impersonated tokens from Uniswap, Chainlink, Lido, Circle, and others. Forta Announces a Bounty to Thwart Sleepdropping To deceive unsuspecting users, the scammers airdrop the fraudulent token to multiple individuals. By making this transfer, it appears as if the tokens come directly from the authentic contract. Upon connecting their wallet to the website, users sign a transaction that appears to link them to a decentralized application (Dapp). However, unbeknownst to the users, this transaction actually invokes the connect function of the contract, resulting in the transfer of a small amount of ETH. Scammers