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Crypto OG sillytuna lost nearly $24M after suspected address poisoning attack drained aEthUSDC holdings.
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Hacker converted $20M into $DAI, splitting stolen funds across two intermediary wallets still traceable on-chain.
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Sillytuna claims incident involved violence, weapons, and kidnapping threats, prompting police investigation and crypto exit.
A major security breach has shocked the crypto community after a wallet linked to an early crypto participant and $NFT collector, sillytuna, lost roughly $24 million worth of aETHUSDC in what analysts believe to be an address poisoning attack.
But, sillytuna says that the theft process actually involved violence, weapons, kidnapping, and rape threats.
Lets Find it out!
How Sillytuna Loses $24M In Address Poisoning Attack
Blockchain security firm PeckShield first flagged suspicious activity after noticing a large token transfer from a wallet beginning with 0xd2e8…ca41, reportedly associated with a long-time crypto figure.
On-chain records show the wallet sent 23,596,293 aEthUSDC (worth roughly $23.5 million) in a single transfer to another wallet (0x6fef…a246032). PeckShield believes the attacker used an address-poisoning technique
#PeckShieldAlert A @sillytuna (0xd2e8…ca41)-related address has been drained of ~$24M worth of $aEthUSDC in an address poisoning attack.
~$20M in $DAI is currently sitting in 2 attacker-controlled staging wallets (not yet mixed):
-0xdCA9…c9C4 (~$10M)
-0xd0c2…dd3e (~$10M)… pic.twitter.com/alzSYrvLVz— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) March 5, 2026
Further, the attacker quickly converted $20 million of the stolen assets into $DAI and distributed the funds across two intermediary wallets.
- One wallet with an address (0xd0c…9dd3E) holding around $10 million in $DAI.
- Second wallet with address (0xcdCA…eC9C4) holding 9.979 million in $DAI.
Attacker Started Bridging Fund Towards Arbitrum
Blockchain monitoring also shows the attacker has started bridging small portions of the funds to the Arbitrum network.
One tracked transfer indicates a bridge transaction sending roughly 49.85 ETH, which resulted in over 106,000 USDC appearing on Arbitrum through a cross-chain bridge.
Security researchers believe the attacker may continue moving funds in smaller portions to avoid triggering alerts.
Victim Claims Physical Threats Were Involved
Shortly after the attack became public, sillytuna confirmed the compromised wallet was his personal address, revealing that the situation involved serious real-world threats.
$24 million dollar theft of AUSD from 0x6fe0fab2164d8e0d03ad6a628e2af78624060322
Involved violence, weapons, kidnapp and rape threats. Obvs police involved.
Please pass on to all those who trace such things.
And now… definitely out of crypto. ****ers.
Still have limbs,…
— Sillytuna (@sillytuna) March 4, 2026
According to his statement, the incident included violence, weapons, and kidnapping threats, adding that law enforcement authorities are now handling the investigation.
Shaken by the incident, the veteran crypto participant said he plans to leave the crypto industry completely.
Despite the loss, sillytuna said he was thankful the situation did not turn worse and that he managed to escape without serious physical harm.
Bounty Offered to Recover Stolen Funds
Following the incident, the $NFT collector publicly offered a 10% bounty for anyone able to help recover the stolen funds. The offer applies to individuals, investigators, or even parties involved in the incident who may return the assets.