$80M in Crypto Disappears Into Drainer-as-a-Service Malware Hell

Inferno Drainer was a large-scale crypto-phishing campaign (Nov 2022–Nov 2023) that stole over $80M from ~137,000 victims by hosting 16,000+ spoofed domains and deploying drainer scripts that impersonated Web3 brands; operators offered the malware and infrastructure as a rentable service via Telegram, enabling affiliates to customize campaigns and share proceeds, and researchers warn this model will likely spur further drainer activity.