Cryptocurrency [loss] $1M+

Tweet thread by CertiKAlert

2022-05-08 [vendor] Hunter [chain] bsc
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $1.2M (1,200,000 USD)
Blockchain(s) Bsc

Incident Details

Under the pretense of a contract upgrade, the Hunter defi project team drained the liquidity from the project, swapping the tokens for assets worth around $1.2 million. The team also took down the project website and closed the Discord server.The rug pull was first noticed by CertiK, a blockchain security firm that had also audited the project. “We pointed out these major centralization issues in their audit,” CertiK wrote on Twitter.

Total loss estimated at $1,200,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Exit scam / rug pull
Vendor / Product
Hunter

Timeline

  1. 2022-05-08 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-05-08 Publicly disclosed