Address Poisoning Costs User 140 ETH — Security Risk, Not Protocol Failure
I saw a user fall victim to an address poisoning attack and mistakenly send 140 ETH, resulting in a loss of roughly $636,000.
This incident underscores that address-poisoning and clipboard/search-result hijacks remain a real and costly threat for Ethereum users, especially during large transfers.
I urge stronger user hygiene and platform-level protections: verify addresses with ENS or QR codes, use hardware wallets, send small test transactions, and rely on bookmarked/trusted addresses.
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Recommendation
Do not rely on copied addresses alone: use ENS or QR verification, hardware wallets, saved/trusted addresses, and always perform a small test transfer before sending large sums.
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