Cryptocurrency [loss] $4M+

"Kokomo Finance"

2023-03-26 [vendor] Kokomo Finance [chain] ethereum
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $4.5M (4,500,000 USD)
Blockchain(s) Ethereum

Incident Details

The Kokomo Finance project on the Optimism Ethereum layer-2 network rug pulled for $4.5 million in assets. The project positioned itself as a non-custodial lending platform.After raising user funds, the project’s creators drained its liquidity pools. They also convinced users to send funds to them with a technique known as “ice phishing”. They then deleted their social media accounts and disappeared.

Total loss estimated at $4,500,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Phishing attack
Vendor / Product
Kokomo Finance

Timeline

  1. 2023-03-26 Breach occurred
  2. 2023-03-26 Publicly disclosed