Signs Your TRON Wallet May Be Compromised
A hacked TRON wallet doesn't always show an empty balance right away — sometimes the more telling sign is that you simply can't move funds out.
The clearest sign: transactions that won't go through
If you hold what you believe is the correct seed phrase, but every attempt to send funds out fails or the wallet app behaves as if you lack authorization, that points directly at a permission-level issue rather than a technical glitch.
A foreign key in your permissions
Checking the account directly shows this clearly: an Owner or Active permission listing a key address you don't recognize and don't control is definitive evidence, regardless of what your wallet app's balance screen shows.
Unexpected AccountPermissionUpdate transactions
Reviewing the account's transaction history for an AccountPermissionUpdate transaction you don't remember authorizing — and noting when it happened relative to when you received or set up the wallet — helps confirm what occurred and when.