Data leak [loss] $2M+

"8ight Finance Hacked: All Funds in Treasury Withdrawn due to Leak of the Private Key"

2021-12-06 [vendor] 8ight Finance
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

  1. 2021-12-06 Breach occurred
  2. 2021-12-06 Publicly disclosed