Wallets that have been hacked should be excluded from airdrop

[mariejane1190]

Wallets accessed through “AdsPower Browser” were compromised, resulting in the loss of crypto assets, which were drained to a hacker’s wallet address.

The official announcement from “AdsPower Browser” identified the hacker’s address as:
0xf772Be79Bd6D1F4316e938C6c40cF68CF6911c81

Over ten thousand Linea wallets have been affected by this breach. Since the seed phrases of the compromised wallets have already been stolen, it is critical for the Linea team to exclude these hacked wallets from the airdrop lists.

Failing to do so would result in a significant amount of $LINEA tokens being allocated to hackers, posing serious risks to the ecosystem, including:

• Decentralization concerns: The concentration of tokens in the hacker’s possession undermines the integrity of the network.
• Market stability risks: A massive sell-off during the TGE (Token Generation Event) could exert immense downward pressure on the token’s value, destabilizing the market.

Excluding compromised wallets is essential to protect the ecosystem’s health and ensure fair token distribution.

[mariejane1190]

This is a critical and highly important issue, and community engagement and support would be greatly appreciated.

[user1093]

I completely agree with your opinion.

I’m unfamiliar with that browser, as I’ve never heard of it before. However, if a wallet has been hacked and its key has been stolen, those wallets should absolutely be excluded from the reward lists. The allocation assigned to hacked wallets should be redistributed to the community, similar to how sybil wallet allocations are handled. @dfox

[nattawutiromyen]

I support your idea. The purpose of using Ads Browser is pretty obvious. To farm airdrop with multiple account. Hacked wallets must be excluded from reward lists.

[Dracarys]

@mariejane1190

Wallets accessed through “AdsPower Browser” were compromised, resulting in the loss of crypto assets, which were drained to a hacker’s wallet address.

How is fair to the users who had their wallet hacked. Just for your gains you want the community to suffer? They can change their airdrop wallet in discord or get them in exchanges. Just remember, someday you too might be falling to such kind of a hack.

PS : I am not in the list of hacked wallets.

[biswac2021]

Not possible. Please provide an example of a previous Layer 2 airdrop where this action was taken. To my knowledge, projects lack the capability to directly replace compromised wallets. Verifying the legitimacy of each compromised wallet and issuing replacements is an incredibly complex and resource-intensive process, which explains why this approach has not been implemented in past airdrops

[Loser]

I feel sad to see that there are hacked Linean just before TGE. But I think it is not possible to save them. Wallet key is already stolen and it is hard to recognize who is the real owner of the wallets. I heard that there are more than 10,000 wallets hacked. There is lack of resource to handle that even if replacement is possible. The easiest way now is to delete the compromised wallets address from airdrop. I am not trying to be mean but that is the only feasible way to solve the problem now.

[0xCrypto]

If the list of hacked wallets is already out there then the team should think about removing those wallets from airdrop list.

[Dracarys]

@Loser

I feel sad to see that there are hacked Linean just before TGE. But I think it is not possible to save them. Wallet key is already stolen and it is hard to recognize who is the real owner of the wallets. I heard that there are more than 10,000 wallets hacked. There is lack of resource to handle that even if replacement is possible. The easiest way now is to delete the compromised wallets address from airdrop. I am not trying to be mean but that is the only feasible way to solve the problem now.

They have their twitter,discords and secondary accounts linked. How can you say that these ppl cant be included. They have connected those accounts on PoH.

[Dracarys]

@weaksweak

These are the wallets of drop hunters, and they need to be blacklisted by all protocols. There’s no need to pity them.

Lol. How is a hacked wallet an airdrop hunter. Have a basic idea about blockchain and decentralization and talk about it later. Personally I do have benefits if these wallets are blacklisted but the forum is to decide whats good for Linea and not for users like me and you who have passed the Sybil checks.

[Thisu]

Thanks for the report. Looks like lots of compromised wallets had similar amounts of ETH, with even similar ENS domains lol. Probably already tagged by the recent sybil report.

[Loser]

As Discord channel pointed out, I think we better say those hacked wallet must be removed from eligibility list not because they all are sybils but to avoid hacker will get huge amount of airdrop from TGE. Once the wallets are hacked, it doesn’t matter if they all are sybils or not. The point is regardless of any factors, those wallet must be removed from airdrop list.

[Loza]

@Thisu

Thanks for the report. Looks like lots of compromised wallets had similar amounts of ETH, with even similar ENS domains lol. Probably already tagged by the recent sybil report.

Something needs to be done about these wallets. The rewards shouldn’t go straight to the thieves.

[thirteen]

@Loza
Just add the ability to claim rewards using another wallets. In general drainers quite seldom claim airdrops if there’s no configured stealer on each wallet. Jupiter allowed its users on TGE to claim rewards via different wallets

Not only those from ADS have suffered from hacks. Always remember, there’s always one day in history when you can be in their place

[kingzyro]

This hacked browser is purely software for creating and managing multi-accounts. 99.9% of its users are Sybils, and it’s a stroke of luck that they were hacked, helping to clean the market before the TGE.

Granting an airdrop to these wallets on Linea’s part would be a grave mistake. The funds would end up in the hands of Sybils or hackers/thieves. This would not be about decentralization or rightful rewards but rather a sheer loss of funds and additional market pressure, as these individuals would immediately sell the tokens as soon as they could.

Below is the list of wallets belonging to the perpetrators where funds from the hacked wallets were transferred. Use this to identify addresses to add to the filter. Please take this seriously.

Wallet addresses:

• 0x16199891430886782b3413f0a2b24d593b787346
• 0xf772be79bd6d1f4316e938c6c40cf68cf6911c81
• 0x4e8f3340eFbC48EC36d043F11a5f23D457dB51ea
• 0xD3d5aF11A482A89D4BbfE4880C3D71D1dE5F155f
• 0x49e0d1b8b254d1eb7e8ba0f0ab1b4ff94f5ba021
• 0x9547695656ca1dc3f35a82e391d787e70e314520
• 0xeb095f0b2e26a2a67c11595065e459439b7de672

Affected:
33,850 unique addresses.

[kingzyro]

And yes, I did the analysis and I see that the guys know that they are being discussed in the discord and on the forum and send their “undercover agents” here to protect their wallets under manipulation. Please be critical of all defenders of the idea of ​​preserving the airdrop to these wallets.

[user1545]

Players who use the ADSPOWER browser support airdrop hunters. This time it was stolen using only one person to control multiple addresses! Highly recommended to make them witches!

[obertouhi]

Guys, I want to add my thoughts: these people have lost money and their account farming setups, but they cling to the hope that hackers no longer have access to their wallets and that they’ll still receive the Linea drop. I’ve analyzed the chats, and they’re calling for users of the browser to be “white-listed,” telling tearful stories about how they’ve been in the ecosystem for a long time, that they’re early adopters, and that they have monthly transactions, and so on.

The truth is, they really do have all of that - but across hundreds of accounts they farmed daily in hopes of securing the drop and immediately dumping the tokens after the listing.

They’re trying to appeal to the idea that it’s “just a browser” and can supposedly be used for different purposes.

!!!
But the reality is that the wallets of people who used a plugin for mass-installing MetaMask in this browser were hacked. This means that if someone wanted to create 100 accounts, they could install 100 extensions in 100 browser sessions with just one click.
!!!

No sane person would use this paid browser, with its monthly subscription and multi-account creation functionality, for their personal wallet. This is blatant, disgusting dishonesty. They will try to feed you this narrative and manipulate you - PLEASE DO NOT FALL FOR IT. This tool was specifically designed to bypass identification systems and create mass accounts, and it has been compromised, losing all trust.

So, there are two outcomes here:

1. The tokens from these wallets will be stolen by hackers after the airdrop.
2. The tokens will be claimed by scammers and abusers.

The chance that these wallets will hold the tokens without dumping? Zero.
The chance that anyone using these wallets will participate in governance? Zero.

LINEA TEAM, please do not make a mistake and play into the lies of these scammers. This is a very serious issue, and it’s a golden opportunity to remove wallets that are extremely difficult to identify from the distribution.

[peejeey]

@dfox please note, this is very important! Also this can be an additional base for training Nansen in finding sybils. This would be a huge achievement for Linea.

[jorgecanteero]

These guys will now do anything, any lie and trick, to recoup the costs of their lost farms.

Linea, please send them to Valhalla for us, for your community!