In a bizarre turn of events, what was meant to be a routine airdrop by the cross-chain Wormhole protocol has spiralled into chaos with the unintended inclusion of an exploiter behind a million-dollar Ethereum theft from the protocol about two years ago.

The airdrop, initiated on April 3rd, was intended to distribute the W token to eligible participants. However, the event quickly turned sour as scammers descended upon the scene, flooding official channels ...