Cryptocurrency [loss] $1M+

"Moby Post-Mortem Report / Growth Plan"

2025-01-08 [vendor] Moby Trade theft [chain] ethereum
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $1.1M (1,088,500 USD)
Blockchain(s) Ethereum

Incident Details

The Moby Trade defi options protocol suffered a $1 million loss, narrowly avoiding the loss of another nearly $1.5 million. The project team stated that a hacker had “identified and exploited a vulnerability in the key management system” that was supposed to protect a private key used by the project. Using the private key, they were able to perform contract upgrades that then allowed them to drain about almost $1.1 million in wBTC, wETH, and USDC.Another $1.47 million in assets were vulnerable as a result, but the whitehat blockchain security firm Seal911 successfully drained those funds to later be returned to the protocol once it was secured.

Total loss estimated at $1,088,500.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Smart contract exploit / hack
Vendor / Product
Moby Trade theft

Timeline

  1. 2025-01-08 Breach occurred
  2. 2025-01-08 Publicly disclosed