Friend.tech users blame SIM swaps after more than 100 ETH drained in a week
Friend.tech users are warning of possible SIM-swap attacks after a recent spate of supposed hacks — resulting in nearly 109 Ether (ETH) worth around $178,000 drained from four users in under a week.
On Sept. 30 the X (Twitter) user known as “froggie.eth” warned their friend.tech account was SIM-swapped — where exploiters gain control of a users mobile number to intercept two-factor authentication codes, then used to access accounts — and subsequently drained of over 20 ETH.
Days later, on Oct. 3, a string of friend.tech users reported similar incidents with Musician Daren Broxmeyer saying he was SIM-swapped and drained of 22 ETH.
His phone was earlier “spammed with phone calls” which he believed was to force him to miss a text from his service provider warning him that someone was trying to access his account.
I was just SIM swapped and robbed of 22 ETH via @friendtech
The 34 of my own keys that I owned were sold, rugging anyone who held my key, all the other keys I owned were sold, and the rest of the ETH in my wallet was drained.
If your Twitter account is doxxed to your real… pic.twitter.com/5wA86mjYEG
The same day another user, “dipper,” also said their account was compromised adding they have “no idea” how exploiters could hack their account as they use strong passwords.
The fourth user “digging4doge” was drained of around 60 ETH after falling for a phishing scam that tricked them into sharing a login code.
Friendtech user @digging4doge just got drained to the tune of ~60 eth worth of keys.
About an hour ago, he received a text informing him that a number change had been requested for his account.
He had two hours to respond or the request would be auto approved. This was, of… pic.twitter.com/L21Hr041kP
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