User Loses $50M in 'Transfer History Poisoning' Attack

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A KuCoin user lost around $50 million on December 20 after copying a malicious address from a tampered transaction history, per Scam Sniffer. The user-friendly crypto exchange has seen similar incidents linked to phishing and fake links. TechFlow reported the compromised history misled the user into sending funds to an attacker-controlled wallet.
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