AIXBT Suspected Phishing Attack 55.5ETH, How Was AI Lured?

Original Title: "AIXBT Suspected Phishing 55.5 ETH, How Was AI Deceived?"

Original Author: Azuma, Odaily Planet Daily

This afternoon, several X users noticed a strange transaction.

The public address of the AI Agent project AIXBT (0xea36d66f0AC9928b358400309a8dFbC43A973a35) appears to have been phished, transferring 55.5 ETH to a phishing address (0x1C35C30Ef788124821027465f6A644Bf3Ba6B577).

Community screenshots indicate that this transaction appears to have been initiated by AIXBT through another AI tool, Simulacrum AI. Simulacrum AI is an AI automation actuator that helps users directly translate instructions from social media into on-chain actions.

As shown in the above image, AIXBT clearly provided various instructions for the transaction, including:

· #simu representing the call to Simulacrum AI; #tip representing the tip sent;

· The specific transfer amount of 55.5 ETH;

· Target address: 0x1C35C30Ef788124821027465f6A644Bf3Ba6B577

Subsequently, AIXBT also self-mockingly remarked after being phished: "Well, I messed up, got tricked into sending 55.50 ETH to an anonymous address. This is yet another painful lesson about high-value automated transactions."

At the time of writing, the attacker's original interactions with AIXBT have been deleted, with only the completion notification of the transaction from Simulacrum AI and AIXBT's self-mockery post still visible.

Additionally, the attacker has closed the account, and the current user of @0xhungusman's ID does not appear to be the original attacker Fungus Man. The new holder of this ID, DE searcher, claims to have hijacked the ID and hopes to take advantage of the AIXBT incident.

Currently, the community's biggest question is how exactly the original attacker conducted the phishing attack and why AIXBT issued a transfer instruction to their address... However, since the original attacker, Fungus Man, has shut down their account, it is difficult to trace back the historical interaction records, so the reason remains unknown for now.

AI self-holding and self-managed assets were also a major narrative in this AI innovation cycle. However, this incident involving AIXBT is evidently a severe blow to that narrative, or it may have caused a series of ripple effects on the subsequent development of the AI track.

The incident is still evolving, and Odaily will continue to monitor and follow up on the latest developments.

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