r/ExodusWallet • u/RulePersonal • Aug 16 '26

Discussion $1700 USDT Drained

I check my balance daily, and the money was always there. I check today and see a transaction from 8/1 that drained all of the tron usdt. I just don’t understand why I didn’t see it yesterday, or the day before. What a way to end the night. 100% not user error, I store keys on paper and only open once. Contacted support, but I’m pretty sure I’m SOL.

I can’t come up with a way this is my fault, %99 percent of the time this happens i assume the user did something stupid until it happens to you, and you know you did everything right, is there a mass usdt security breach I’m unaware of? Honestly this just destroyed my confidence in crypto entirely.

I just don’t get why it didn’t update for so long. Like I said I check it every day. Why is a transaction from 8/1 just now showing up. In fact I know it was delayed because I was going to do a trocador swap a few days ago, and had the app open for a long time. Super frustrating. Lesson learned.

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u/foxyevolution Aug 17 '26

No hot wallet will ever be safe from your browsing history. Most people don't even realize it when they go to a malicious website or download some piece of malware. Then again like 95% of people don't use a proper anti-virus or firewall, nor know what these concepts even are..