What To Do After Being Hacked

Immediate steps:

1. 1.Don't send funds to the compromised wallet. It's tempting to send a little ETH to cover gas so you can move your tokens out — but that's usually a trap. Most compromised wallets are watched by an automated "sweeper" bot that instantly steals anything that lands there, including the gas you just sent.
2. 2.Set up a new wallet on a device you trust. Generate a fresh seed phrase on a clean device — ideally a hardware wallet, and not the one that may have been compromised. This is where you'll move anything you can rescue.
3. 3.Rescue what's left — carefully. Because of that sweeper bot, simply "sending your tokens out" rarely works. The reliable way is a single atomic transaction that pays the gas and moves your assets in one bundle, so the bot can't front-run you.If you have more than $1,000 at stake, it's worth bringing in a specialist. SEAL 911 connects victims with volunteer security responders who can help recover larger amounts. Get help from SEAL 911 →For smaller amounts, tools built for exactly this can walk you through the rescue yourself, without your compromised key ever leaving your machine. Try HackedWalletRecovery.com →
4. 4.Assume the device may still be infected. If malware could have been involved — you downloaded a file, ran a "test project," or installed a fake app — a quick antivirus scan isn't enough. The only way to be confident the threat is gone is a full operating-system reinstall (wipe and reload) on the affected device. Never enter your new seed phrase on a device you don't fully trust.
5. 5.Secure your other accounts. From a clean device, change passwords on exchanges and crypto-related accounts and turn on hardware-key or app-based 2FA — attackers often go after everything they can reach.