Last week there was a tornado of events from the x account and 99% of the tokens down were hacked. From platforms that recover stolen funds to hackers that take over official websites. Dig deeper into this week's crypto hacking roundup and join us to witness his week's crypto hacking foreshadowing.
MicroStrategy's X account was hacked.Malicious link posted on fake airdrop
Hackers gained unauthorized access to the company that is the largest holder of Bitcoin's X credentials and posted malicious phishing links. The link was later removed from the account, but the loss amounted to nearly 500,000.
Web3 anti-fraud platform fraud sniffer shed details and revealed The hackers stole multiple altcoins, with the exact loss being worth $424,786. $wBAI, $wPOKT and $check. What is surprising is that one user lost all of this cryptocurrency, highlighting the severity of the hack.
The airdrop post was misleading users with a link to a fake “official” Ethereum-based MSTR token airdrop. Clicking on the link took her to a fake MicroStrategy page where the user was asked to connect to an airdrop wallet, allowing the attacker to exfiltrate the tokens.
Serenity Shield thrown into turmoil as $5.6 million theft causes token collapse
The Serenity Shield token, once hailed as the “legacy solution for cryptocurrencies”, witnessed a staggering drop in its value of almost 99% after around 6.9 million SERSH tokens worth $5.6 million were traded at the time . reportedly It was siphoned off from one of the team's MetaMask wallets.
Serenity Shield acknowledged the violation in a tweet on February 27th and announced to the community that it would temporarily suspend all SERSH transactions, deposits and withdrawals on its centralized exchange.
The team assured the community that they are actively working to restore liquidity to all new token contracts and will replace all liquidity lost due to the exploit. We also plan to launch new SERSH tokens through robust smart contracts to secure the entire ecosystem.
Seneca Protocol recovers 80% of $6.4 million stolen through white hat bonuses
On Wednesday, February 28, the Seneca Chamber of Commerce contract, which had previously been audited by Halborn Security, to be influenced The bug has been approved and the user's funds have been compromised. The attack involved Mr. Seneca's Chamber.sol contract. The attacker exploited Chamber's PerformOperations() function, allowing him to use the Chamber contract to call functions in other contracts and send tokens to that address.
$6.4 million was stolen during the attack, representing 80% of the approximately $5.3 million in funds. recovered At White Hat's request, we will maintain a 20% bonus of $1.04 million. The good news is that this breach did not affect funds deposited directly to Seneca, but targeted assets held in users' wallets.
Capital Killer makes Grayscale Capital's official website inaccessible
Anti-capitalist hacker group “Capital Killer” revealed They reported on Twitter that they had attacked Grayscale's official website, claiming that it was a gift to the AVAV community that supports fairness and anti-capitalism. Although Grayscale's official website is currently inaccessible, the page for Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF GBTC remains accessible.
Aleo, which emphasizes privacy, faces privacy leak issues
On February 26th, Aleo, a blockchain project that touts itself as a place for completely private applications with built-in privacy, accidentally uploaded personal identification documents such as selfies and government ID photos. emailed to users.
Aleo has released statement Regarding disclosure of Know Your Customer (KYC) information that addresses this issue. The zero-knowledge platform claimed that a copy/paste error in email metadata was the cause of the leak.
Aleo said in a post on X that only about 10 participants at a recent Aleo Learn and Earn event were affected by the KYC breach. Aleo said it has removed the exposed information, investigated the cause and notified affected individuals.
Shido Network grows to $2.1 million
The decentralized cross-chain protocol Shido Network on the Ethereum blockchain Lag has been pulled. The owner of the SHIDO token staking contract first upgraded the staking contract, then withdrew a large amount of SHIDO tokens, and finally released a large amount of SHIDO tokens worth 692 ETH. 2.1 million dollars.
In conclusion, this was a week witnessed in the world of crypto hacking. Stay tuned for the next weekly roundup prepared especially for you. stay tuned!
