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Address Poisoning Attacks Are Rising on Ethereum
Address poisoning attacks on Ethereum have become industrialized, with approximately 17 million poisoning attempts targeting 1.3 million users between July 2022 and June 2024, resulting in at least $79.3 million in confirmed losses despite an individual success rate of just ~0.01%. The December 2025 Fusaka upgrade dramatically accelerated attack volume by lowering transaction costs, driving a 612% surge in USDT dust transfers (4.2M to 29.9M), with USDC and DAI seeing similar increases of roughly 470-473%, and multiple competing attack groups now planting up to 13 poisoned addresses within minutes of a single legitimate transfer. Etherscan recommends mitigating exposure through full destination address verification, private name tags, address highlighting tools, and popup alerts for flagged suspicious activity.
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