The risk of asset theft involving EIP-7702 was already warned about by developers on community forums two years ago.

In the suspected hack on Binance, analysts suggest attackers may have exploited the EIP-7702 mechanism to control wallets. User 0xVEER on X stated that developers had already warned approximately two years ago, during discussions on EIP-7702, that this mechanism could lead to the theft of all assets, including native tokens.