How a Hotel Stay Turned Into a $5,000 Crypto Loss

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A crypto user known as The Smart Ape says he lost roughly $5,000 from a hot wallet after spending three days in a hotel — without clicking phishing links or downloading malware. Instead, the loss came from a chain of small mistakes: using open hotel WiFi, talking about crypto holdings in public, and approving what looked like a routine wallet request.

Security firm Hacken analyzed the incident and found the attack likely combined network-level manipulation with subtle social engineering. The case highlights how attackers don’t always need private keys — sometimes, they just wait for one careless approval.

[nihalsari]

this is way scarier than phishing tbh, you do everything “right” and still get wrecked