272 hack event(s)
Description of the event: The full-chain Web3 ecosystem xBlast, built inside Telegram, disclosed on Twitter that it had been hacked. The attacker transferred XBL tokens from its project's main wallet address and sold them for approximately 22 ETH. xBlast's proposed solution is to deploy a new XBL token and restore liquidity, promising fair compensation for all losses.
Amount of loss: $ 84,500 Attack method: Unknown
Description of the event: The Twitter account of Wormhole co-founder Robinson Burkey was hacked, and a suspicious link was posted.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Twitter was hacked
Description of the event: In the Blast ecosystem, the project Avolend Finance is suspected to be a rug pull. Currently, its official website and Twitter account cannot be accessed.
Amount of loss: $ 253,000 Attack method: Rug Pull
Description of the event: The Blast ecosystem project Munchables was attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately $62.5 million. On the same day, Blast founder Pacman tweeted: "$97m has been secured in a multisig by Blast core contributors. Took an incredible lift in the background but I’m grateful the ex munchables dev opted to return all funds in the end without any ransom required.."
Amount of loss: $ 62,500,000 Attack method: Insider Manipulation
Description of the event: The email newsletter account of Web3 media company Decrypt has been compromised, and a phishing scam email has been sent to all of our subscribers. Please do not click on any links. Currently, the attacker has profited $3,000 through phishing.
Amount of loss: $ 3,000 Attack method: Account Compromised
Description of the event: The new blockchain game Super Sushi Samurai, based on the Blast layer-2, was attacked due to a vulnerability in its token contract, resulting in a loss of approximately $4.6 million. Shortly after the theft, the attacker contacted the project, claiming to be a whitehat. Later, Super Sushi Samurai confirmed that the funds had been returned, minus a 5% bounty.
Amount of loss: $ 4,600,000 Attack method: Contract Vulnerability
Description of the event: According to blockchain investigator ZachXBT, an account impersonating Solana ecosystem KOL Ansem (@blknoiz06) capitalized on the recent meme coin craze to profit over $2.6 million through phishing.
Amount of loss: $ 2,600,000 Attack method: Social Engineering
Description of the event: The Blast ecosystem's LaunchPad and yield aggregator BLASTOFF announced that its Future Yield Minter Vault has been hacked, resulting in the theft of approximately 150 ETH (approximately $600,000). The official team has disabled staking in the affected pool and is currently conducting a thorough investigation.
Amount of loss: $ 600,000 Attack method: Unknown
Description of the event: The Twitter account of the security company @sherlockdefi was hacked, with the attackers using the account to post a tweet containing phishing links.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Twitter was hacked
Description of the event: Capital Killer, an anti-capitalist hacker group, revealed on twitter that they have attacked the Grayscale official website, claiming it as a gift to the AVAV community in support of fairness and anti-capitalism. Currently, the Grayscale official website is inaccessible, but the page for Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF GBTC remains accessible.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Unknown
Description of the event: The Twitter account of MicroStrategy, the largest public holder of BTC, appears to have been compromised, with phishing airdrop links being posted. According to on-chain detective ZachXBT, the incident has resulted in the theft of assets worth $440,000.
Amount of loss: $ 440,000 Attack method: Twitter was hacked
Description of the event: Aleo, a blockchain project that advertises it's a place for "fully private applications" with "built-in privacy" has just emailed private identification documents — including selfies and photographs of government identification cards — to the wrong users. Aleo acknowledged their screw-up on social media, claiming that only ten individuals were impacted, and that it had happened thanks to a "copy/paste error in email metadata".
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Information Leakage
Description of the event: SlowMist founder Cos tweeted that there is a backdoor code in the Tornado Cash IPFS version frontend that hijacks deposit certificates. A governance attack led to malicious proposals being passed, and the malicious code has been present for about two months.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Governance Attack
Description of the event: Axie Infinity co-founder Jihoz tweeted that his personal two addresses have been compromised. The attack is limited to his personal accounts and is unrelated to the validation or operation of the Ronin chain. Additionally, the leaked keys are unrelated to the operations of Sky Mavis. He reassured everyone that strict security measures have been taken for all related activities.
Amount of loss: $ 10,000,000 Attack method: Private Key Leakage
Description of the event: Keith Grossman, the president of MoonPay, currently has a compromised X account distributing wallet drainer links.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Twitter was hacked
Description of the event: On January 31st, according to blockchain investigator ZachXBT, Ripple fell victim to a hacking attack resulting in the theft of 213 million XRP, valued at approximately $112.5 million. Ripple's co-founder, Chris Larsen, tweeted, "Yesterday, there was unauthorized access to a few of my personal XRP accounts (not @Ripple) – we were quickly able to catch the problem and notify exchanges to freeze the affected addresses. Law enforcement is already involved."
Amount of loss: $ 112,500,000 Attack method: Unknown
Description of the event: The official Twitter account of zk-data marketplace Masa is suspected to be compromised, and fake airdrop links have been posted.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Twitter was hacked
Description of the event: DWF Labs tweeted that the Twitter account of their managing partner, Andrei Grachev, has been compromised.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Twitter was hacked
Description of the event: GoledoFinance on Conflux was attacked, with a loss of 7.9m $CFX ($1.7M). The Goledo team has completed the initial investigation of the large borrowings in the lending pool. The team has determined that the issue is related to a flash loan.
Amount of loss: $ 1,700,000 Attack method: Flash Loan Attack
Description of the event: South Korean Web3 social music service Somesing announced that it fell victim to a security vulnerability attack last Saturday, resulting in a loss of 730 million native tokens (SSX), equivalent to approximately $11.58 million.
Amount of loss: $ 11,580,000 Attack method: Unknown