#045FIELD OPClosed

The Dust Storm

Poisoned history. One copy-paste. 88,000 USDC gone.

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Bounty per hit

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Briefing

A fund manager pays the same OTC desk 88,000 USDC every week.

This week the desk never got paid.

The manager copied the address from their own transaction history. Someone had poisoned it.

Find the look-alike.

Objective

Identify the look-alike address that received the 88,000 USDC.

Intelligence

VICTIM
REAL DESK
NETWORK: Ethereum Mainnet
LOSS: 88,000 USDC
KNOWN WALLETS: 7

Clues

3/3

01
The money never reached the desk.
02
The poisoner's address shares the desk's first four and last four characters.
03
The look-alike was created the day before the theft.

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Transfer Contract call Flagged7 wallets · 8 txs

Ledger

Tx	Time (UTC)	Value	Method	Block · Pos
01	D-14 · 10:02:31	88,000 USDC	transfer	23,362,377pos 21
02	D-7 · 10:05:12	88,000 USDC	transfer	23,412,791pos 93
03	D-1 · 22:14:09	0.05 ETH	transfer	23,459,635pos 88
04	09:12:44	0 USDC	transfer (zero-value)	23,462,928pos 76
05	09:12:51	0 USDC	transfer (zero-value)	23,462,929pos 49
06	09:13:03	0 USDC	transfer (zero-value)	23,462,930pos 57
07	11:42:18	88,000 USDC	transfer	23,463,676pos 33
08	11:49:40	87,990 USDC	transfer	23,463,713pos 51

01 · D-14 · 10:02:3188,000 USDC
transfer· blk 23,362,377 · pos 21
02 · D-7 · 10:05:1288,000 USDC
transfer· blk 23,412,791 · pos 93
03 · D-1 · 22:14:090.05 ETH
transfer· blk 23,459,635 · pos 88
04 · 09:12:440 USDC
transfer (zero-value)· blk 23,462,928 · pos 76
05 · 09:12:510 USDC
transfer (zero-value)· blk 23,462,929 · pos 49
06 · 09:13:030 USDC
transfer (zero-value)· blk 23,462,930 · pos 57
07 · 11:42:1888,000 USDC
transfer· blk 23,463,676 · pos 33
08 · 11:49:4087,990 USDC
transfer· blk 23,463,713 · pos 51

Evidence from the season's simulated network. Times in UTC.

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Time (UTC)

From

Value

Method

Block · Pos

D-14 · 10:02:31

88,000 USDC

transfer

23,362,377pos 21

D-7 · 10:05:12

88,000 USDC

transfer

23,412,791pos 93

D-1 · 22:14:09

0.05 ETH

transfer

23,459,635pos 88

09:12:44

0 USDC

transfer (zero-value)

23,462,928pos 76

09:12:51

0 USDC

transfer (zero-value)

23,462,929pos 49

09:13:03

0 USDC

transfer (zero-value)

23,462,930pos 57

11:42:18

88,000 USDC

transfer

23,463,676pos 33

11:49:40

87,990 USDC

transfer

23,463,713pos 51

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