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An investor lost more than 280 million dollars in digital currencies after his positions were stolen from several DeFi decentralized finance protocols on Ethereum and Arbitrum.
The detective found out on the series Зак Эксби about the incident on April 18, that the attackers are actively moving the stolen money.
How did the attack develop?
The blockchain data shows that the defenders of the attackers received their first funding through a long-term anonymity scheme, hours before the theft began. Then these portfolios interacted with the decentralized finance protocols, and implemented the token implementations via CyberSwab and Caleb Dao before transferring all the centers to the Eth.
During about one hour, the attackers collected about 75,700 eth, worth approximately 178 attackers collected at current prices, in one wallet. The remaining stolen value still includes additional symbols and positions in the arbitrage. Up to the time of publication, no external transfers from the collection wallet have been detected.
The pattern refers to the existence of a special key and not the use of a smart contract among the methods. It seems that the victim was maintaining a large exposure to decentralized financing through each of the attackers systematically withdrawing and changing those centers to the raw material etc.
Broadening the pattern of attacks on whales
This incident comes after a sharp increase in phishing attacks and phishing attacks that target large amounts of money. In January 2026 alone, a single phishing victim lost 284 million dollars, which represents more than 70% of digital currency theft losses for that month.
If the amount of 280 million dollars is not confirmed, this will be one of the largest individual events ever. More in-depth analyzes of the series are expected to be published by the security guard in the coming hours.
