Less than 24 hours into the new year, on-chain sleuth ZachXBT has reported what appears to be the year's first crypto exploit, which has affected hundreds of wallets.

ZachXBT shared the findings yesterday evening via Telegram, reporting that a total of $107,000 had been drained from across 20 different Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) networks, with each exploited wallet holding less than $2,000. According to deBank, the exploiters' receiving address peaked at $109,000 before funds were transferred again.

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