Game developer Sillytuna reports losing $24M of crypto in UK ‘wrench’ attack
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Game developer and erstwhile crypto enthusiast Alex Amsel, aka Sillytuna, has reported being forced to hand over almost $24 million worth of crypto in a violent robbery. The attack involved “weapons, kidnap and rape threats,” according to Amsel’s post on X. He reports being “bruised,” and suggests that attackers had “axes over [his] hands and feet.” He’s also appealed to “all those who trace such things,” and has offered a 10% bounty of any funds recovered, “even if you were involved.” $24 million dollar theft of AUSD from 0x6fe0fab2164d8e0d03ad6a628e2af78624060322 Involved violence, weapons, kidnapp and rape threats. Obvs police involved. Please pass on to all those who trace such things. And now… definitely out of crypto. ****ers. Still have limbs,… — Sillytuna (@sillytuna) March 4, 2026 Read more: Copy, Paste, Rekt: Ethereum address poisoning strikes again The transfer was flagged by blockchain security firm Peckshield, which seemingly assumed the loss was due to “address poisoning.” Amsel responded to the post to deny the claim, but multiple crypto news outlets ran with the address poisoning angle regardless. These reports also mention the physical attack, indicating either a misunderstanding of what an address poisoning attack is, or an inability to differentiate between a copy-paste error and a violent kidnapping. Similarly, Alex Svanevik, CEO of analytics platform Nansen, posted an AI analysis which identified the incident as address poisoning, and recommended contacting Maker to freeze the DAI (which isn’t possible). However, Svanevik does admit that the analysis is “experimental” and may be “incorrect.” In a message to Protos, Amsel said, “I can’t divulge any more info than I have on Twitter but it’s nothing to do with poisoning. “I’m not anon so not hard to track down IRL, nor are many other peope who sadly this is going to happen to if we don’t…
Filed under: News - @ March 5, 2026 1:28 pm