Cryptocurrency [loss] $18,000

Tweet thread by Spirit Swap

2022-05-13 [vendor] SpiritSwap domain hijacking attack [chain] fantom
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $18,000 (18,000 USD)
Blockchain(s) Fantom

Incident Details

In what is beginning to become a pattern, SpiritSwap was the latest project where attackers gained control of their domain and were able to modify the frontend to divert funds to a wallet under their own control. SpiritSwap tweeted that the “the hacker has managed to exploit Godaddy” (unlikely — it was more likely a case of stolen credentials) and swap out the recipient address.The hacker only managed to exfiltrate around $18,000 before being discovered, and SpiritSwap shut down their swapping through their router to prevent the attack from continuing.MM.Finance suffered a similar attack earlier in the month, losing $2 million after an attacker gained control of the domain and swapped in their own address to siphon funds.

Total loss estimated at $18,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
DNS hijacking / domain takeover (front-end compromise)
Vendor / Product
SpiritSwap domain hijacking attack

Timeline

  1. 2022-05-13 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-05-13 Publicly disclosed