Trust Wallet Drain Claim Puts Spotlight on Permit Signatures and Token Permissions

TLDR A Trust Wallet user says 3,830 USDT disappeared from his wallet with no approval request or warning. He shared a transaction hash and says he has used the same wallet for about five years. A second user says a fake support agent on NEAR Protocol’s Discord drained his wallet. Past attacks used permit signatures that let attackers move tokens without a new approval. Trust Wallet Support replied on November 4 to a separate user with swap problems. A Trust Wallet user says 3,830 USDT left his wallet without his approval.