wallet drainers

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Summary

Wallet drainers are malicious phishing tools specifically designed for the Web3 ecosystem that trick users into authorizing fraudulent transactions that empty their cryptocurrency wallets. These sophisticated scam-as-a-service operations have stolen over $500 million in 2024 alone from hundreds of thousands of victims through fake websites masquerading as legitimate crypto projects.

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Timeline(11 events)

2021-08-01

Early drainware attack targeting Aurory NFT launch

2021-12-31

Crypto drainers began to surface, causing financial losses of millions

2022-12-17

14 Bored Ape NFTs worth over $1 million stolen using drainer techniques

2023-03-01

Monkey Drainer shuts down, next batch of drainers emerge including Inferno and Pink

2023-11-01

Inferno Drainer announces retirement after stealing over $80 million

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2023-12-31

Total damage from drainers reaches just under $300 million affecting 320,000+ users

2024-01-09

SEC's X account compromised to promote fake token airdrop drainer

2024-05-31

Pink Drainer announces retirement after amassing $85 million from 21,000+ victims

2024-10-16

Tether freezes three wallets tied to Inferno Drainer

2024-10-19

Inferno Drainer transfers control to Angel Drainer

2024-12-31

Wallet drainers steal $494 million from 332,000 victims in 2024

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Provenance & Audit Trail

Anchored on Solana Verify on-chain

Decision Log

#1publish⛓ anchored · slot 4196287215/14/2026, 6:01:56 AM
hash: 7V7w9swzDHEevJMSp6N1LFa2u1aR7SLytF92hDHCQebM

This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain and source URLs are archived via the Internet Archive.

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model: claude-sonnet-4-20250514

generated: 4/17/2026, 3:49:39 AM

last updated: 5/14/2026, 6:01:56 AM

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