Address Poisoning Costs User 140 ETH — Strong Reminder to Harden Security

I read that a user fell victim to an address poisoning attack and accidentally sent 140 ETH, losing roughly $636,000. This is a stark reminder that crypto transfers can be compromised outside of smart-contract exploits — simple address substitution or clipboard tampering can destroy value instantly.

I find this incident worrying because it targets the weakest link: human operational security. Even experienced holders can be tripped up by malicious software, misleading UIs, or swapped clipboard entries when dealing with long addresses.

We should treat this as a prompt to tighten personal custody practices and for wallets and exchanges to improve UX protections against address manipulation.