Ethereum records show funds moving from a Duelbits address to a wallet ending in 05aef76 starting at 09:00 UTC. PeckShield's alert did not establish how the attacker accessed the funds or if customer balances were impacted. While the firm cited an aggregate loss of $4.3M, the sum of the individual token valuations listed in the report totals roughly $3.74M.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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Attacker Steals $4.3M in Crypto from Duelbits
Crypto27 days ago
An unidentified party transferred several types of digital assets from a crypto platform's reserves on September 24 using the Ethereum and BNB Chain. The security firm PeckShield detected an unauthorized outflow of approximately $4.3M from Duelbits, which included 836 ETH ($2.23M), 1.146M USDT, 209 BNB ($160,680), 96,805 USDC, 12.398B SHIB ($70,170), and 31,515 DAI. The attacker subsequently swapped the stolen funds for 1,587.87 ETH, valued at $4.2M, and 31.5K DAI.
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