My Crypto Wallet Got Hacked and Drained: But This Happened!
Honestly, I feel ashamed to share this story because I should have known better. But I hope you can learn from it and protect yourself.
It was a Sunday morning on January 21, 2024. I had woken up but was still drowsy. Suddenly, I got multiple notifications on my phone. So, I struggled to open my eyes and pick up the phone.
To my surprise, I received message alerts from TrustWallet indicating that I had transferred tokens to other wallets. I thought I was dreaming.
I jumped out of bed and said, is this a joke? But before I could react, I realized that someone had compromised my crypto wallet. The hacker transferred all the tokens in my wallet to other wallets, leaving only tokens that had zero value.
My mind ran back and forth, trying to figure out how this person gained access to my wallet.
I knew that I often used this wallet for yield farming, staking, providing liquidity, airdrop farming, and NFT collections.
So, I always transfer valuable assets from this main wallet into other private wallets that are not connected to staking platforms. This…
