Data leak
[loss] $8M+
"Chinese Police Arrest 8 People Related to $7.8M Rug Pull"
Primary Source ↗Financial Loss
$7.8M
(7,800,000 USD)
Incident Details
Eight people were arrested in China after being connected to a rug pull. One investor lost ¥590,000 ($90,000) he had poured into the token in June, when project owners took the website offline and pulled all of the money out. A total of ¥50 million (a bit below $7.9 million) was lost to the scam.
Total loss estimated at $7,800,000.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Exit scam / rug pull
- Vendor / Product
- Chinese
Timeline
- 2022-01-14 Breach occurred
- 2022-01-14 Publicly disclosed