Incidents of cryptocurrency theft involving violent attacks and threats are rising steadily. On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, a crypto holder identified as Sillytuna suffered a violent attack followed by an address poisoning attack that reportedly stole approximately $24 million in aEthUSDC.
Sillytuna, an early crypto participant and NFT collector, claims that the attack or theft process involved violence, kidnapping, weapons, and rape threats. According to the latest on-chain data, the alleged attacker has already converted most of the stolen funds.
Sillytuna shared the incident via a post on X that $24 million worth of AUSD had been stolen from the wallet address 0x6fe0fab2164d8e0d03ad6a628e2af78624060322.
Sillytuna stated that the incident allegedly involved violence, weapons, kidnapping, and rape threats, adding that the police were involved in the matter. Sillytuna also urged that there will be a 10% bounty for those who track such incidents to help trace the funds, while remarking that she still had his limbs, expressing relief despite the situation.
Following the disclosure of the incident, Sillytuna revealed that the hacked wallet belonged to him personally, highlighting the serious threat of unauthorized access to sensitive information. The use of weapons and inhuman activities like kidnapping, rape threats, underscores the intensity of the issue, and the need for urgent measures to prevent crypto-related violent attacks.
Blockchain security firm PeckShield has also identified suspicious activity after noticing a large transaction from a random wallet beginning with 0xd2e8…ca41.
PeckShield officially confirmed that an address related to Sillytuna had been drained of about $24 million worth of ETHUSDC in an address poisoning attack. The firm stated that around $20 million in DAI was currently sitting in two attacker-controlled staging wallets that had not yet been mixed. It identified the wallets as (0xdCA9…c9C4) and (0xd0c2…dd3e), each holding roughly $10 million. PeckShield further reported that the attacker had already begun bridging small amounts to Arbitrum.
Sillytuna has offered a 10% bounty on the stolen funds to anyone aiding recovery, including individuals, investigators, and even those involved in the theft, should they choose to return the assets.
The recent crypto scam, which unfolded on March 5, explains how serious crypto attacks involving violent threats and physical abuse are. The latest reports from blockchain security firm CertiK state that, in the cryptocurrency landscape, 2025 was the most violent year, with 72 incidents recorded, most in a single calendar year.
Crypto-related scams continue to proliferate, leaving users with little defense beyond vigilance. Security experts stress the importance of avoiding careless mistakes, such as failing to verify wallet addresses by double- and even triple-checking every character before completing a transaction. Address poisoning is a type of scam that Sillytuna was exposed to; it is a cryptocurrency phishing scam where attackers send a small amount of crypto from a wallet address that closely mimics a user’s previous transaction history. These activities aim to trick the victim into accidentally sending crypto funds to the attacker later. By manipulating wallet addresses, victims are tricked into sending funds to the attacker’s account instead of the intended recipient.
Sillytuna responded by thanking the community that supports him and requesting help to spread the word, so they could lock things down and regain control of the funds, as it was the only way to reduce the issue. He warned that this would happen to many more people and that someone would be killed. He expressed huge appreciation if anyone could recover or trace it, noting that it involved organized crime.
