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Apr 12, 2021

1 verified update
According to sources, since April 12, 2021, a person who has access to Binance Smart Chain account 0x35f16a46d3cf19010d28578a8b02dfa3cb4095a1 (PancakeSwap administrator account) has stolen 59,765 Cakes (approximately US$1,800,000) from the PancakeSwap lottery pool. After hackers exploited the vulnerability several times, PancakeSwap banned the account.ExpandCollapse

According to sources, since April 12, 2021, a person who has access to Binance Smart Chain account 0x35f16a46d3cf19010d28578a8b02dfa3cb4095a1 (PancakeSwap administrator account) has stolen 59,765 Cakes (approximately US$1,800,000) from the PancakeSwap lottery pool. After hackers exploited the vulnerability several times, PancakeSwap banned the account.

Amount of loss
$ 1,800,000
Attack method
Private Key Leakage
BSC EcosystemSecurity

Apr 5, 2021

1 verified update
Polkatrain, an ecological IDO platform of Polkadot, had an accident this morning. According to SlowMist analysis, the contract in question is the POLT_LBP contract of the Polkatrain project. This contract has a swap function and a rebate mechanism. When users purchase through the swap function When the PLOT token is used, a certain amount of rebate will be obtained, and the rebate will be forwarded to the user in the form of calling transferFrom by the _update function in the contract. Since the _update function does not set the maximum amount of rebates for a pool, nor does it determine whether the total rebates have been used up when rebates are made, malicious arbitrageurs can continuously call the swap function to exchange tokens to get the contract. Rebate reward. The SlowMist security team reminds DApp project parties to fully consider the business scenario and economic model of the project when designing the AMM exchange mechanism to prevent unexpected situations.ExpandCollapse

Polkatrain, an ecological IDO platform of Polkadot, had an accident this morning. According to SlowMist analysis, the contract in question is the POLT_LBP contract of the Polkatrain project. This contract has a swap function and a rebate mechanism. When users purchase through the swap function When the PLOT token is used, a certain amount of rebate will be obtained, and the rebate will be forwarded to the user in the form of calling transferFrom by the _update function in the contract. Since the _update function does not set the maximum amount of rebates for a pool, nor does it determine whether the total rebates have been used up when rebates are made, malicious arbitrageurs can continuously call the swap function to exchange tokens to get the contract. Rebate reward. The SlowMist security team reminds DApp project parties to fully consider the business scenario and economic model of the project when designing the AMM exchange mechanism to prevent unexpected situations.

Amount of loss
$ 3,000,000
Attack method
Arbitrage attack
Polkadot EcosystemSecurity

Apr 4, 2021

1 verified update
The DeFi quantitative hedge fund Force DAO posted a blog stating that it was responsible for the previous attack and has implemented procedures to ensure that any such incidents are mitigated in the future. A total of 183 ETH (about 367,000 U.S. dollars) worth of FORCE tokens were exhausted and liquidated in this attack.ExpandCollapse

The DeFi quantitative hedge fund Force DAO posted a blog stating that it was responsible for the previous attack and has implemented procedures to ensure that any such incidents are mitigated in the future. A total of 183 ETH (about 367,000 U.S. dollars) worth of FORCE tokens were exhausted and liquidated in this attack.

Amount of loss
183 ETH
Attack method
Contract Vulnerability
ETH EcosystemSecurity

Mar 20, 2021

2 verified updates
Renowned computer maker Acer has been hit by a ransomware gang, REvil, demanding up to $50 million in XMR to decrypt the company's computers and not leak data on the dark web. The ransomware gang announced on their data breach website that they had compromised Acer and shared as evidence some images of allegedly stolen files for files containing financial spreadsheets, bank balances and bank communications .ExpandCollapse

Renowned computer maker Acer has been hit by a ransomware gang, REvil, demanding up to $50 million in XMR to decrypt the company's computers and not leak data on the dark web. The ransomware gang announced on their data breach website that they had compromised Acer and shared as evidence some images of allegedly stolen files for files containing financial spreadsheets, bank balances and bank communications .

Attack method
Ransomware
OtherSecurity
According to BSC news, Turtle.dex has run away, taking away about 9,000 BNB, worth more than 2 million U.S. dollars, and the website and telegram group have been deleted. BSC news refers to this as a well-thought-out and planned running behavior. At present, part of the funds have been converted into ETH to enter the Binance Exchange, and investors are urging Binance to freeze related accounts. On March 15th, in response to the question of whether it would run away, Turtle officially stated: No, because the turtles have short hands. Note: Turtle means sea turtle.ExpandCollapse

According to BSC news, Turtle.dex has run away, taking away about 9,000 BNB, worth more than 2 million U.S. dollars, and the website and telegram group have been deleted. BSC news refers to this as a well-thought-out and planned running behavior. At present, part of the funds have been converted into ETH to enter the Binance Exchange, and investors are urging Binance to freeze related accounts. On March 15th, in response to the question of whether it would run away, Turtle officially stated: No, because the turtles have short hands. Note: Turtle means sea turtle.

Amount of loss
9,000 BNB
Attack method
Rug Pull
ETH EcosystemSecurity

Mar 18, 2021

1 verified update
DeFi gathers reasonable financial services SIL.Finance contract has high-risk loopholes. Later, SIL.Finance issued an article saying that the incident was caused by a vulnerability in the smart contract permissions, which in turn triggered a general preemptive trading robot to submit a series of transactions for profit. After discovering that the smart contract could not be withdrawn due to high-risk loopholes, after 36 hours of efforts such as SlowMist, it has successfully recovered USD 12.15 million.SIL.Finance stated that if any user assets are damaged in this incident, the team decided to use its own funds to launch a compensation plan: all users who suffered losses will receive 2 times the compensation, which will be issued in SIL.ExpandCollapse

DeFi gathers reasonable financial services SIL.Finance contract has high-risk loopholes. Later, SIL.Finance issued an article saying that the incident was caused by a vulnerability in the smart contract permissions, which in turn triggered a general preemptive trading robot to submit a series of transactions for profit. After discovering that the smart contract could not be withdrawn due to high-risk loopholes, after 36 hours of efforts such as SlowMist, it has successfully recovered USD 12.15 million.SIL.Finance stated that if any user assets are damaged in this incident, the team decided to use its own funds to launch a compensation plan: all users who suffered losses will receive 2 times the compensation, which will be issued in SIL.

Attack method
Contract Vulnerability
OtherSecurity

Mar 16, 2021

1 verified update
Recently, Iron Finance, a stablecoin mortgage platform based on Binance Chain, was attacked. Two vFarm liquidity pools (50% IRON—50% SIL pool; 50% IRON—50% BUSD pool) lost a total of 170,000 US dollars. Later, the official publication of the incident stated that: 1. The cause of the attack was due to the upgrade of the cloud service (FaaS) and the change in the reward rate integer, but the official team was not aware of the problem. Later, an attacker made a profit of 170,000 U.S. dollars by selling all the local token SIL rewards. 2. The Iron Finance smart contract has no loopholes. 3. vFarms will be restarted on March 18th, and SIL tokens will be restarted to sIRON. 4. Users should not sell or exchange IRON tokens for the time being. When the new pool is restarted, the full amount of BUSD can be redeemed. The Iron Finance agreement was launched on the BSC in early March. The IRON stablecoin is pegged to the U.S. dollar, partly backed by collateral such as BUSD and USDT, and partly backed by the SIL algorithm.ExpandCollapse

Recently, Iron Finance, a stablecoin mortgage platform based on Binance Chain, was attacked. Two vFarm liquidity pools (50% IRON—50% SIL pool; 50% IRON—50% BUSD pool) lost a total of 170,000 US dollars. Later, the official publication of the incident stated that: 1. The cause of the attack was due to the upgrade of the cloud service (FaaS) and the change in the reward rate integer, but the official team was not aware of the problem. Later, an attacker made a profit of 170,000 U.S. dollars by selling all the local token SIL rewards. 2. The Iron Finance smart contract has no loopholes. 3. vFarms will be restarted on March 18th, and SIL tokens will be restarted to sIRON. 4. Users should not sell or exchange IRON tokens for the time being. When the new pool is restarted, the full amount of BUSD can be redeemed. The Iron Finance agreement was launched on the BSC in early March. The IRON stablecoin is pegged to the U.S. dollar, partly backed by collateral such as BUSD and USDT, and partly backed by the SIL algorithm.

Amount of loss
$ 170,000
Attack method
Affected by Cloud Service Upgrade
BSC EcosystemSecurity

Mar 15, 2021

2 verified updates
Many DeFi protocol websites on BSC (Binance Smart Chain) were attacked by DNS, including Cream Finance and BSC header DEX PancakeSwap. The attacker requested users to submit personal private keys or mnemonics through the website. The relevant project team has passed Twitter Remind users not to visit the website and do not submit information such as private keys. Later PancakeSwap and Cream Finance both stated that they had regained access to DNS.ExpandCollapse

Many DeFi protocol websites on BSC (Binance Smart Chain) were attacked by DNS, including Cream Finance and BSC header DEX PancakeSwap. The attacker requested users to submit personal private keys or mnemonics through the website. The relevant project team has passed Twitter Remind users not to visit the website and do not submit information such as private keys. Later PancakeSwap and Cream Finance both stated that they had regained access to DNS.

Attack method
DNS attack
BSC EcosystemSecurity
A cross-chain stablecoin (TSD) on ETH and BSC stated that malicious attackers used TSD DAO to mint 11.8 billion TSD tokens in their accounts and sold them all on Pancakeswap. The specific process is that True Seigniorage Dollar stated that the developer account only has 9% of the DAO, and the malicious attacker has gradually controlled 33% of the DAO with the accumulation of low prices, and then proposed an implementation plan and voted in favor. In the implementation, the attacker added code to Mint and minted 11.8 billion TSDs for himself.ExpandCollapse

A cross-chain stablecoin (TSD) on ETH and BSC stated that malicious attackers used TSD DAO to mint 11.8 billion TSD tokens in their accounts and sold them all on Pancakeswap. The specific process is that True Seigniorage Dollar stated that the developer account only has 9% of the DAO, and the malicious attacker has gradually controlled 33% of the DAO with the accumulation of low prices, and then proposed an implementation plan and voted in favor. In the implementation, the attacker added code to Mint and minted 11.8 billion TSDs for himself.

Amount of loss
$ 7,095,340
Attack method
Contract Vulnerability
ETH EcosystemSecurity

Mar 14, 2021

1 verified update
The community token platform TryRoll was suspected of being attacked, and the tokens issued based on it were sold in a large amount on Uniswap. Among them, WHALE lost 1,362 ETH, FWB lost 797 ETH, KARMA lost 155 ETH, JULIEN lost 115 ETH, hackers made a total of 2998 ETH, and 700 ETH was deposited in the mixed currency platform Tornado.Cash. In addition, Roll announced that it has raised $500,000 in funding for creators affected by this.ExpandCollapse

The community token platform TryRoll was suspected of being attacked, and the tokens issued based on it were sold in a large amount on Uniswap. Among them, WHALE lost 1,362 ETH, FWB lost 797 ETH, KARMA lost 155 ETH, JULIEN lost 115 ETH, hackers made a total of 2998 ETH, and 700 ETH was deposited in the mixed currency platform Tornado.Cash. In addition, Roll announced that it has raised $500,000 in funding for creators affected by this.

Amount of loss
2,998 ETH
Attack method
Private Key Leakage
ETH EcosystemSecurity

Mar 10, 2021

1 verified update
The oracle project HSO on the Huobi Eco-Chain HECO carried out IDO and ran away with 30,000 HT. The website and TELEGRAM could not be opened. Later, under the full promotion of HECO core code contribution team Star Lab, HECO technical community and HECO White Hat Security Alliance, 24823 HTs have been recovered.ExpandCollapse

The oracle project HSO on the Huobi Eco-Chain HECO carried out IDO and ran away with 30,000 HT. The website and TELEGRAM could not be opened. Later, under the full promotion of HECO core code contribution team Star Lab, HECO technical community and HECO White Hat Security Alliance, 24823 HTs have been recovered.

Amount of loss
5,177 HT
Attack method
Rug Pull
HECO EcosystemSecurity

Mar 9, 2021

1 verified update
The decentralized exchange DODO announced the progress of the attack on some fund pools. The main reason for this attack was that the crowdfunding fund pool contract initialization function did not prevent repeated calls, which led to hackers reinitializing the contract and completing the attack through lightning loans. In this incident, there were three participants, a hacker and two trading robots. A total of approximately US$3.8 million worth of funds were attacked. At present, the owners of the two trading robots have returned approximately US$3.1 million in tokens. In addition, funds worth approximately US$200,000 are frozen on the centralized exchange, and the remaining value of approximately US$500,000 is borne by the DODO team, and all funds will be returned within 24 hours. At the same time, security companies Chengdu Lian'an and SlowMist Technology have been invited to conduct a new round of code audits, and it is expected that the crowdfunding pool building function will be restored within a week.ExpandCollapse

The decentralized exchange DODO announced the progress of the attack on some fund pools. The main reason for this attack was that the crowdfunding fund pool contract initialization function did not prevent repeated calls, which led to hackers reinitializing the contract and completing the attack through lightning loans. In this incident, there were three participants, a hacker and two trading robots. A total of approximately US$3.8 million worth of funds were attacked. At present, the owners of the two trading robots have returned approximately US$3.1 million in tokens. In addition, funds worth approximately US$200,000 are frozen on the centralized exchange, and the remaining value of approximately US$500,000 is borne by the DODO team, and all funds will be returned within 24 hours. At the same time, security companies Chengdu Lian'an and SlowMist Technology have been invited to conduct a new round of code audits, and it is expected that the crowdfunding pool building function will be restored within a week.

Amount of loss
$ 500,000
Attack method
Init function unlimited
ExchangeSecurity

Mar 5, 2021

2 verified updates
CNA, one of the largest insurance companies in the United States, paid a ransom of US$40 million (approximately 257 million yuan) after being attacked by ransomware in March to regain control of its network. The company has confirmed that an organization named Phoenix is ​​the perpetrator of this attack.ExpandCollapse

CNA, one of the largest insurance companies in the United States, paid a ransom of US$40 million (approximately 257 million yuan) after being attacked by ransomware in March to regain control of its network. The company has confirmed that an organization named Phoenix is ​​the perpetrator of this attack.

Amount of loss
$ 40,000,000
Attack method
Ransomware
BlockchainSecurity
Curve Finance tweeted that a vulnerability was found in the Pool Factory v1 version of the fund pool, and it is recommended that v1 users use crv.finance to withdraw funds immediately. Curve.fi and Pool Factory v2 fund pools do not respond. But it only affects the v1 pool, and hackers cannot use it to steal user funds.ExpandCollapse

Curve Finance tweeted that a vulnerability was found in the Pool Factory v1 version of the fund pool, and it is recommended that v1 users use crv.finance to withdraw funds immediately. Curve.fi and Pool Factory v2 fund pools do not respond. But it only affects the v1 pool, and hackers cannot use it to steal user funds.

Attack method
Contract Vulnerability
OtherSecurity

Mar 4, 2021

1 verified update
According to the official community information of Meerkat Finance, its vault contract was hacked, and the hacker used the loophole to steal all the funds in the vault. According to reports, the BSC project Meerkat Finance is suspected of running away and swept away about 31 million US dollars, of which 14 million BUSD and the other 73,000 BNB. MKAT claims to have been hacked to steal all resources.ExpandCollapse

According to the official community information of Meerkat Finance, its vault contract was hacked, and the hacker used the loophole to steal all the funds in the vault. According to reports, the BSC project Meerkat Finance is suspected of running away and swept away about 31 million US dollars, of which 14 million BUSD and the other 73,000 BNB. MKAT claims to have been hacked to steal all resources.

Amount of loss
$ 31,000,000
Attack method
Rug Pull
BSC EcosystemSecurity

Mar 1, 2021

3 verified updates
The 70 GB data of Gab, a social networking platform that supports Bitcoin, was hacked. Gab has handed over the hacked data to the reporting website Distributed Denial of Secrets. Emma Best, founder of Distributed Denial of Secrets, said that the hacked data included public posts, personal information and passwords, and private account posts and messages.ExpandCollapse

The 70 GB data of Gab, a social networking platform that supports Bitcoin, was hacked. Gab has handed over the hacked data to the reporting website Distributed Denial of Secrets. Emma Best, founder of Distributed Denial of Secrets, said that the hacked data included public posts, personal information and passwords, and private account posts and messages.

Attack method
Information Leakage
OtherSecurity
The game ecosystem platform SeascapeNetwork stated that the private key of an early investor was stolen after the token was released today, which led to hackers obtaining 18,750 CWS in the investor's wallet. According to Etherscan data verification, this address has changed all CWS to ETH, and then recharged it to the Ethereum mixing platform Tornado.Cash several times, which is close to 330 ETH, which is equivalent to USD 500,000.ExpandCollapse

The game ecosystem platform SeascapeNetwork stated that the private key of an early investor was stolen after the token was released today, which led to hackers obtaining 18,750 CWS in the investor's wallet. According to Etherscan data verification, this address has changed all CWS to ETH, and then recharged it to the Ethereum mixing platform Tornado.Cash several times, which is close to 330 ETH, which is equivalent to USD 500,000.

Amount of loss
$ 500,000
Attack method
Private Key Leakage
ETH EcosystemSecurity
Tether officially tweeted that forged documents allegedly "between Tether personnel and representatives of Deltec Bank & Trust and other institutions" are circulating online. In addition, Tether officially received a ransom request for sending 500 BTC to bc1qa9f60pved3w3w0p7snpxlnh5t4uj95vxn797a7 today. The sender stated that unless they receive Bitcoin before tomorrow, they will leak documents to the public in order to "destroy the Bitcoin ecosystem." Tether said it will not pay the ransom. And remind customers, employees, and the encryption community to stay vigilant and ensure operational safety. Tether stated that it has reported falsified communications and related ransom demands to law enforcement.ExpandCollapse

Tether officially tweeted that forged documents allegedly "between Tether personnel and representatives of Deltec Bank & Trust and other institutions" are circulating online. In addition, Tether officially received a ransom request for sending 500 BTC to bc1qa9f60pved3w3w0p7snpxlnh5t4uj95vxn797a7 today. The sender stated that unless they receive Bitcoin before tomorrow, they will leak documents to the public in order to "destroy the Bitcoin ecosystem." Tether said it will not pay the ransom. And remind customers, employees, and the encryption community to stay vigilant and ensure operational safety. Tether stated that it has reported falsified communications and related ransom demands to law enforcement.

Attack method
Ransomware
OtherSecurity

Feb 28, 2021

2 verified updates
DeFi Insurance Agreement The Armor team claimed that some team members were scammed by OTC and were defrauded of 1.2 million ARMOR tokens. The scammers have already dumped all tokens for a profit of 600 ETH (approximately US$850,000). The Armor team disclosed that the scammers pretended to be strategic investors on social media, falsely claiming to purchase tokens from the team through OTC, defrauded 1.2 million ARMOR tokens in OTC transactions, and then sold them. According to the Armor team, "No hacking, the project is still safe."ExpandCollapse

DeFi Insurance Agreement The Armor team claimed that some team members were scammed by OTC and were defrauded of 1.2 million ARMOR tokens. The scammers have already dumped all tokens for a profit of 600 ETH (approximately US$850,000). The Armor team disclosed that the scammers pretended to be strategic investors on social media, falsely claiming to purchase tokens from the team through OTC, defrauded 1.2 million ARMOR tokens in OTC transactions, and then sold them. According to the Armor team, "No hacking, the project is still safe."

Amount of loss
$ 850,000
Attack method
Scam
ETH EcosystemSecurity
The agent of the DeFi platform Furucombo was attacked and the amount stolen amounted to more than 15 million U.S. dollars. The DeFi aggregation platform Furucombo officially released a tweet, saying: "The root cause has been found and the vulnerability has been patched. The funds are now safe. We are investigating the stolen funds and organizing follow-up actions. The follow-up will continue to be updated."Later, Furucombo stated that it would issue 5 million iouCOMBO tokens to affected usersExpandCollapse

The agent of the DeFi platform Furucombo was attacked and the amount stolen amounted to more than 15 million U.S. dollars. The DeFi aggregation platform Furucombo officially released a tweet, saying: "The root cause has been found and the vulnerability has been patched. The funds are now safe. We are investigating the stolen funds and organizing follow-up actions. The follow-up will continue to be updated."Later, Furucombo stated that it would issue 5 million iouCOMBO tokens to affected users

Amount of loss
$ 15,000,000
Attack method
Contract Vulnerability
OtherSecurity