On-chain data shows a crypto whale “0x13e382” lost $24.23 million worth of liquid staked Ethereum, including 4,851 rETH (worth $8.58 million) and 9,579 stETH ($15.63 million), to phishing scammers on Sept. 6.

Web3 security firm Scam Sniffer revealed that the whale had unwittingly given token approval to the scammers by signing “increaseAllowance” transactions. The firm described the theft as probably “the largest amount ever stolen from a single victim.”

The stolen funds initially landed in two addresses, namely 0x693b72 and 0x4c10a4. However, the scammers have relocated some of these assets to Fixed Float exchange, while the remainder resides in three other distinct addresses.

Notably, Scam Sniffer observed that one of the addresses connected to this fraudulent activity, …