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Security Incident · ETH Ecosystem

KITE Foundation Private Key Leak

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Incident Overview

The KITE Foundation detected abnormal KITE token transfers on Ethereum mainnet, confirming that some wallet addresses had been compromised by hackers. The team urgently paused ERC-20 transfers and related cross-chain channels, with no asset losses to users or the project. A new contract was later deployed, airdropping new tokens 1:1 to legitimate addresses based on the snapshot at block 25,692,498, excluding attacker-controlled addresses.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://x.com/KiteAIFDN/status/2090006296628253137 (opens in a new tab)

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