Data leak [loss] $170,000

Tweet by CertiK

2024-02-22 [vendor] DeezNutz_404
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $170,000 (170,000 USD)

Incident Details

I might otherwise skip over news of a $170,000 hack, given how commonly thefts of that scale happen in the crypto world, but with a name like this… come on.One thing that keeps me from ever trying my hand as a crypto project hacker is that if I made $170,000 from exploiting a project called “DeezNutz_404”, I would immediately be caught because I wouldn’t be able to resist telling everyone I know that I’d just made enough money to not have to work for a couple years by exploiting deez nuts.Anyway, there was a bug in their code that allowed an attacker to mint infinite tokens and steal around 58.65 ETH (~$170,000).

Total loss estimated at $170,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Smart contract exploit / hack
Vendor / Product
DeezNutz_404

Timeline

  1. 2024-02-22 Breach occurred
  2. 2024-02-22 Publicly disclosed