Data leak
[loss] $2M+
"8ight Finance Hacked: All Funds in Treasury Withdrawn due to Leak of the Private Key"
Primary Source ↗Financial Loss
$1.8M
(1,750,000 USD)
Incident Details
A compromised private key allowed an attacker to remove all funds from 8ight Finance’s treasury, amounting to about $1.75 million. The team admitted to sending the key through Facebook chat and Google Drive, writing, “This is our first project, so we must admit our opsec [operational security] was low.”
Total loss estimated at $1,750,000.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Smart contract exploit / hack
- Vendor / Product
- 8ight Finance
Timeline
- 2021-12-06 Breach occurred
- 2021-12-06 Publicly disclosed