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The team behind the infamous crypto wallet draining project Inferno has transferred control of its kit to rival draining as a service (DaaS) provider, Angel Drainer team. In an announcement shared on X by ScamSniffer, Inferno Drainer said it was time to quit. According to the Inferno developers, quitting was not easy. Still, it has identified the Angel Drainer team as capable of managing the platform and is trusted not to scam or exploit another drainer. It said: “We find the Angel Drainer team competent enough to maintain the drainer (while keeping our code base and features such as 200+ protocols, autoclaims, bypasses as well as many big pending updates, new panel with logs handling and many other things) as they have shown they could be trusted.” Meanwhile, the Inferno team said the transfer would not affect the platform’s operations. Customers can still access its draining services using the same login details. With the takeover, it appears that the Inferno and Angel toolkits will become a single product. The announcement marks the second time the Inferno team will quit its DaaS operations. It initially did so in November 2023 after helping scammers steal over $80 million, but later returned in 2024 to say it has been operating stealthily for six months. Inferno Drainer Asset Transfers (Source: Scam Sniffer) However, the team appears to be quitting for good now, as it has already transferred the 2,845 ETH ($7.5 million) in stolen funds from its fee address to other addresses. The fee address for the draining platform has also been changed on-chain, suggesting that someone else has taken control of the platform. Angel Drainer is set to become powerful With what seems like a merger between the two platforms that help scammers and bad actors drain crypto wallets, Angel Drainer is set…

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Filed under: News - @ October 19, 2024 10:10 pm