My Phantom Wallet was Hacked

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23 Apr 2024
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My Phantom wallet was hacked and i don't know how it happened, at first i thought it was just because of the Memecoin rush that later on overwhelmed and created problems for Solana Network. it started when i noticed that every transaction i make using my phantom wallet a prompt will appear saying there's an Error in the transaction, if i will list an NFT on Magic Eden a prompt will appear saying transaction was reverted back the same prompt will appear if i try to swap tokens. I really didn't give it much attention because whenever i send token to my wallet it receives it and it appears on my wallet, so i really think it was just a network problem. I just told myself that i'll try it again after the network update announced by Solana developers. After the network update i tried using my wallet again but still the problem persist, so i asked for help at Phantom Wallet Support, they told me to do the usual troubleshooting technic the you do if you encounter problem with your wallet such as re-start your phone, uninstall and install again but after doing all of the troubleshooting technic they asked me to do the problem with my wallet is still there, by this time I was suspecting that my wallet was hacked, so i told them the problem is still there, Support requested if i can send them the application log of my wallet and wallet address and that's were they found the problem with my wallet, somebody else owns my wallet as can be seen in the image below (encircled)my suspicion was validated but it left me thinking how did he or they do it? Solscan did not show were or how or even when it happened, it just showed somebody else owns my wallet. I can't really say if i connected my wallet to any suspicious site because i mostly connect it to Magic Eden and Access Protocol, i can't recall if i have connected it to a suspicious site. I'm not using that wallet now. I'll just be more careful in linking my wallet to any site that i encounter. I guess i'm still lucky because it's not the wallet i used for my Bulb app account :)

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