Hack history / 2022 / Scam
$650,000 phishing attack against MetaMask user reveals that credentials are automatically backed up to iCloud
Scam on Apr 18, 2022
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$650K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,068
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- Apr 18, 2022
- Kind
- Scam
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "$650,000 phishing attack against MetaMask user reveals that credentials are automatically backed up to iCloud scam, Apr 18, 2022: $650K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htc06cfbebfa/ (data as of 2026-10-31).