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Quickswap DNS Hijacking Attack: $107.60K Reported Loss

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Incident Overview

Decentralized exchange Quickswap has come under attack for a vulnerability in its hosting provider GoDaddy. The hijackers gained access to QuickSwap's DNS through a vulnerability in GoDaddy, where QuickSwap domains were hosted. Some DEX users lost around $107,600 through platform swaps before QuickSwap was able to regain control of our domain.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://quickswap-layer2.medium.com/quickswaps-godaddy-domain-hijack-how-it-happened-our-proposal-to-restore-the-community-35be9ddbb19a (opens in a new tab)

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