I was planning on moving some crypto off of bittrex and decided to do a small test batch first before diving headfirst into it. Tried to transfer ~30 USDT to a Coinbase wallet and the transaction never arrived. I went back to compare the wallet addresses and realized that the address I copied from the CB wallet is not the one that ended up being pasted. I tried several times even pasting it into a notepad and got the same results.
The CB address is: 0xb725eB7db203955b1F47B9B5288B983B5cddCBd2
But when I paste it I get:
0xb7BaA5359987A8bCfD771830c90f47028c7bC396
Here is the video of it happening
I am assuming this is not normal?
Update: I wanted to give some more context, I am pretty security conscious and scan my pc once a week to make sure everything is safe and sound, but apparently not all viruses and malware are detectable by routine scans. Windows Defender, MalwareBytes and Macafee did not find any vulnerabilities…. butttt I downloaded and ran Spyhunter 5 and found the culprit. The infected target file was
C.:Program Files (×86)InnovationSoftwarevpn binVPNPROvpnproiexe
And the file has (allegedly) been on my computer since 2019. I don’t remember downloading it because I don’t really use VPN, but it is possible that I did download it and forgot about it. Anyways, after scanning and removing the malware I tested the copy/paste and it seems to be functioning correctly for now. There have been no other security compromises aside from this one and I have moved plenty of crypto around in the last 4 years. Not sure why it got triggered this time or if it’s a file that had a vulnerability that was recently exploited. Another user pointed out that it’s possible the date is fake, and was intentionally modified to be misleading. As far as I am concerned, $30 is a small price to pay to discover the issue and avert a devastating loss of crypto.
Be smart and careful. Triple check everything and do not neglect your security.
submitted by /u/BruceInc
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