This guy stole $9.6 million and then lost ALL of it to a phishing website


In February 2025 a hacker used flash loans to drain $9.6 million from zkLend on Starknet
The protocol offered him a deal: Return 90% and keep 10% as a bounty
Deadline was Valentine's Day but he never responded
Two months later he finally tried to launder the ETH through Tornado Cash but typed the wrong URL
He sent 2,930 ETH to a fake site of Tornado Cash
A phishing page that had been running for over five years
He then sent a message on chain to the same protocol he robbed:
"I tried to move funds to Tornado but I used a phishing website and all the funds have been lost. I am devastated. I am terribly sorry for all the havoc and losses caused"
Stole $9.6 million from a smart contract
Lost $9.6 million to a fake website
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