Cryptocurrency
[loss] $4M+
"Kokomo Finance"
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
- 2023-03-26 Breach occurred
- 2023-03-26 Publicly disclosed