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May 22, 2019

1 verified update
Hackers steal $100,000+ worth of BTC from engineering manager at Crypto Custodian BitGo. Sean Coonce, engineering manager at cryptocurrency custodian BitGo. According to the post, Coonce had over $100,000 siphoned out of his account on cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase in under 24 hours. Coone details SIM swapping, a practice that sees the attacker maliciously requesting a telecommunications carrier to redirect the traffic of a mobile phone number to a device over which they have control.ExpandCollapse

Hackers steal $100,000+ worth of BTC from engineering manager at Crypto Custodian BitGo. Sean Coonce, engineering manager at cryptocurrency custodian BitGo. According to the post, Coonce had over $100,000 siphoned out of his account on cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase in under 24 hours. Coone details SIM swapping, a practice that sees the attacker maliciously requesting a telecommunications carrier to redirect the traffic of a mobile phone number to a device over which they have control.

Amount of loss
$ 100,000
Attack method
SIM Card Attack
ExchangeSecurity

May 13, 2019

1 verified update
The DiceGame game suffered a roll back attack, and the hackers at the TYUcGmi address gained a total of 5,150 TRX.ExpandCollapse

The DiceGame game suffered a roll back attack, and the hackers at the TYUcGmi address gained a total of 5,150 TRX.

Amount of loss
5,150 TRX
Attack method
Roll back attack
Tron EcosystemSecurity

May 8, 2019

1 verified update
Binance has discovered a large scale security breach today, May 7, 2019 at 17:15:24 (UTC). Hackers were able to obtain a large number of user API keys, 2FA codes, and potentially other info. The hackers used a variety of techniques, including phishing, viruses and other attacks. And the hackers were able to withdraw 7000 BTC. Link: https://binance.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360028031711-Binance-Security-Breach-UpdateExpandCollapse

Binance has discovered a large scale security breach today, May 7, 2019 at 17:15:24 (UTC). Hackers were able to obtain a large number of user API keys, 2FA codes, and potentially other info. The hackers used a variety of techniques, including phishing, viruses and other attacks. And the hackers were able to withdraw 7000 BTC. Link: https://binance.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360028031711-Binance-Security-Breach-Update

Amount of loss
7,074 BTC
Attack method
Wallet Stolen
WalletSecurity

May 3, 2019

1 verified update
At 4:12 AM on May 3, Beijing time, a contract call transferred 26.73 million TRX (valued at RMB 4.27 million) from the TronBank contract, and the contract balance returned to zero. About two hours after the theft, wojak, the owner of THeRTT**, who transferred the 26.73 million TRX address, appeared. According to wojak, he wrote a script to analyze the bytecode of the TRON virtual machine, scan the contracts in batches and initiate transactions to see if there is any way to make money, but accidentally hit a bug in the Tronbank contract. At first he didn't even know that the money came from Tronbank. Some people in the community suggested that wojak return the money to the Tronbank developers, but wojak believes that this is not his problem. Developers should write test examples, do audits, and at least run some formal verifications (obviously they didn’t do anything). He is willing to return the money intact to every investor in Tronbank, not the developer of the project. Based on the available information, it is still too early to conclude that "the developer placed a backdoor in the contract". There are only two objective conclusions that can be drawn at present: 1. TRX Pro has a backdoor in the contract on the main network; 2. The code certified on TSC does not match the actual contract operation logic.ExpandCollapse

At 4:12 AM on May 3, Beijing time, a contract call transferred 26.73 million TRX (valued at RMB 4.27 million) from the TronBank contract, and the contract balance returned to zero. About two hours after the theft, wojak, the owner of THeRTT**, who transferred the 26.73 million TRX address, appeared. According to wojak, he wrote a script to analyze the bytecode of the TRON virtual machine, scan the contracts in batches and initiate transactions to see if there is any way to make money, but accidentally hit a bug in the Tronbank contract. At first he didn't even know that the money came from Tronbank. Some people in the community suggested that wojak return the money to the Tronbank developers, but wojak believes that this is not his problem. Developers should write test examples, do audits, and at least run some formal verifications (obviously they didn’t do anything). He is willing to return the money intact to every investor in Tronbank, not the developer of the project. Based on the available information, it is still too early to conclude that "the developer placed a backdoor in the contract". There are only two objective conclusions that can be drawn at present: 1. TRX Pro has a backdoor in the contract on the main network; 2. The code certified on TSC does not match the actual contract operation logic.

Amount of loss
26,730,000 TRX
Attack method
Contract Vulnerability
Tron EcosystemSecurity

May 2, 2019

2 verified updates
Taiwan exchange BitoPro's XRP suffered an attack that caused a price crash and is thought to have lost about 7m XRPS.ExpandCollapse

Taiwan exchange BitoPro's XRP suffered an attack that caused a price crash and is thought to have lost about 7m XRPS.

Amount of loss
7,000,000 XRP
Attack method
False top-up
ExchangeSecurity
The TRON Wheel Of Fortune DApp is being attacked by a transaction rollback, with a total loss of 7,856 TRX, and the attack is still ongoing. Previously, security personnel found that the hacker continued to conduct transaction rollback attacks on multiple DAPP contract addresses through the same method.ExpandCollapse

The TRON Wheel Of Fortune DApp is being attacked by a transaction rollback, with a total loss of 7,856 TRX, and the attack is still ongoing. Previously, security personnel found that the hacker continued to conduct transaction rollback attacks on multiple DAPP contract addresses through the same method.

Amount of loss
7,856 TRX
Attack method
Roll back attack
Tron EcosystemSecurity

Apr 29, 2019

1 verified update
The attacker constructed the malicious memo, which caused the eosblue.one server parsing exceptions, thus continuously winning prizes or leading to unusually large refunds.ExpandCollapse

The attacker constructed the malicious memo, which caused the eosblue.one server parsing exceptions, thus continuously winning prizes or leading to unusually large refunds.

Amount of loss
12,883 EOS
Attack method
Memo attack
OtherSecurity

Apr 26, 2019

1 verified update
Bitfinex is accused of sending 850 million U.S. dollars to Crypto Capital Corp, a payment processor believed to be located in Panama, without informing customers, and withdrawing at least 700 million U.S. dollars from Tether's reserves after the funds were lost.ExpandCollapse

Bitfinex is accused of sending 850 million U.S. dollars to Crypto Capital Corp, a payment processor believed to be located in Panama, without informing customers, and withdrawing at least 700 million U.S. dollars from Tether's reserves after the funds were lost.

Amount of loss
$ 851,000,000
Attack method
Scam
OtherSecurity

Apr 11, 2019

2 verified updates
Tron Dapp TronBank was attacked by Fake token attack at 1 am, about 170 million BTT were stolen in 1 hour (worth about 850,000 yuan). Monitoring showed that the hacker created a fake token BTTx to initiate the "invest" function to the contract, and the contract did not determine whether the sender's token id was consistent with the BTT real token id1002000.ExpandCollapse

Tron Dapp TronBank was attacked by Fake token attack at 1 am, about 170 million BTT were stolen in 1 hour (worth about 850,000 yuan). Monitoring showed that the hacker created a fake token BTTx to initiate the "invest" function to the contract, and the contract did not determine whether the sender's token id was consistent with the BTT real token id1002000.

Amount of loss
170,000,000 BTT
Attack method
Oracle Attack
Tron EcosystemSecurity
The hacker launched 1,203 attacks on the TronWow, made a total of 2,167,377 TRX profits.ExpandCollapse

The hacker launched 1,203 attacks on the TronWow, made a total of 2,167,377 TRX profits.

Amount of loss
2,167,377 TRX
Attack method
Random number attack
Tron EcosystemSecurity

Apr 10, 2019

1 verified update
Hacker has used contract vulnerabilities to send a huge amount of IseriCoin tokens to his account.ExpandCollapse

Hacker has used contract vulnerabilities to send a huge amount of IseriCoin tokens to his account.

Attack method
Contract Vulnerability
OtherSecurity

Apr 3, 2019

2 verified updates
Attackers continue to make continuous profits by creating new accounts and calling the luckydraw method of the EOS quiz game DEOS Games contract. Currently, over 300 accounts have been created and thousands of EOS have been accumulated. Different from the known attack characteristics in the past, it is preliminarily judged that this attack is a new type of attack. The attacker creates new accounts in batches, and then places small bets in exchange for a larger return. The return rate of betting is abnormally high, resembling "wool wool".ExpandCollapse

Attackers continue to make continuous profits by creating new accounts and calling the luckydraw method of the EOS quiz game DEOS Games contract. Currently, over 300 accounts have been created and thousands of EOS have been accumulated. Different from the known attack characteristics in the past, it is preliminarily judged that this attack is a new type of attack. The attacker creates new accounts in batches, and then places small bets in exchange for a larger return. The return rate of betting is abnormally high, resembling "wool wool".

Amount of loss
2,090 EOS
Attack method
Automatically attack lucky draw system
EOS EcosystemSecurity
The attacker launched continuously attacks and profit from the EOSlots, and the game has been suspended operations.ExpandCollapse

The attacker launched continuously attacks and profit from the EOSlots, and the game has been suspended operations.

Amount of loss
2,468.92 EOS
Attack method
Random number attack
OtherSecurity

Apr 1, 2019

1 verified update
The attacker once again launched an attack on the EOS quiz game eosnowbetext. After preliminary analysis, the attacker still manipulated multiple trumpets to attack the game through transaction squeeze, and has already made a profit.ExpandCollapse

The attacker once again launched an attack on the EOS quiz game eosnowbetext. After preliminary analysis, the attacker still manipulated multiple trumpets to attack the game through transaction squeeze, and has already made a profit.

Amount of loss
200 EOS
Attack method
Transaction congestion attack
EOS EcosystemSecurity

Mar 29, 2019

3 verified updates
According to a report from CoinDesk Korea, the exchange was hacked for a total of 3.1 million EOS, which was withdrawn from the exchange’s “hot” (internet connected) wallet through a series of transactions. Based on the data from CoinMarketCap, EOS is currently trading at $4.22, making the total value of the coins lost around $13 million. The company said in its statement that it suspects the hack was conducted by an insider, since no evidence of external exploit has been found.ExpandCollapse

According to a report from CoinDesk Korea, the exchange was hacked for a total of 3.1 million EOS, which was withdrawn from the exchange’s “hot” (internet connected) wallet through a series of transactions. Based on the data from CoinMarketCap, EOS is currently trading at $4.22, making the total value of the coins lost around $13 million. The company said in its statement that it suspects the hack was conducted by an insider, since no evidence of external exploit has been found.

Amount of loss
3,132,672 EOS
Attack method
Unknown
EOS EcosystemSecurity
According to a report from CoinDesk Korea, Bithumb may have also lost 20.2 million XRP in the recent breach. The XRP was moved from Bithumb’s wallet on March 29 in transactions that can be seen on XRPSCAN.ExpandCollapse

According to a report from CoinDesk Korea, Bithumb may have also lost 20.2 million XRP in the recent breach. The XRP was moved from Bithumb’s wallet on March 29 in transactions that can be seen on XRPSCAN.

Amount of loss
20,172,060 XRP
Attack method
Wallet Stolen
WalletSecurity
The transfer does not determine that to and from cannot be the same address, resulting in an attack that can create more than 15w TCC tokens without foundation.ExpandCollapse

The transfer does not determine that to and from cannot be the same address, resulting in an attack that can create more than 15w TCC tokens without foundation.

Amount of loss
150,000 TCC
Attack method
Contract Vulnerability
OtherSecurity

Mar 28, 2019

1 verified update
ZION.games sustained attack by malicious users ggggggggggxx, profits of more than 2849 EOS, and transferred to the Binance Exchange. The attack is similar to the attack on TGON, suspected to be the same group.ExpandCollapse

ZION.games sustained attack by malicious users ggggggggggxx, profits of more than 2849 EOS, and transferred to the Binance Exchange. The attack is similar to the attack on TGON, suspected to be the same group.

Amount of loss
2,849 EOS
Attack method
Roll back attack
EOS EcosystemSecurity

Mar 27, 2019

1 verified update
The attacker controlled multiple accounts to launch continuously attacks on the TGON, made thousands of EOS in profit from the TGON, and transferred to the Binance Exchange.ExpandCollapse

The attacker controlled multiple accounts to launch continuously attacks on the TGON, made thousands of EOS in profit from the TGON, and transferred to the Binance Exchange.

Amount of loss
1,606.8268 EOS
Attack method
Roll back attack
EOS EcosystemSecurity

Mar 26, 2019

2 verified updates
BiKi.com announced that at 0:08:23 on March 26, the BiKi.com community received a user feedback that his password has been tampered with and need to bind the new Google verification code.At around 5 in the morning, 28 users had the same problem, and the risk control system received an alarm. After investigation, it is because some users are not bound to Google verification code and third-party verification code service provider SMS is hijacked and caused. At present, the number of of accounts that have been tampered with passwords is 37, and the account involved in asset transfer is 18, and the loss amount is 12.33 million USDT, the BiKi.com will bear the full amount of the loss.ExpandCollapse

BiKi.com announced that at 0:08:23 on March 26, the BiKi.com community received a user feedback that his password has been tampered with and need to bind the new Google verification code.At around 5 in the morning, 28 users had the same problem, and the risk control system received an alarm. After investigation, it is because some users are not bound to Google verification code and third-party verification code service provider SMS is hijacked and caused. At present, the number of of accounts that have been tampered with passwords is 37, and the account involved in asset transfer is 18, and the loss amount is 12.33 million USDT, the BiKi.com will bear the full amount of the loss.

Amount of loss
123,300 USDT
Attack method
unknown
OtherSecurity