Other [loss] $76,000

"Creative attacker steals $76,000 in RUNE by giving out free tokens"

2021-07-23 [vendor] RUNE thefts
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $76,000 (76,000 USD)

Incident Details

An attacker giving out free UniH tokens was able to exploit a bug in a non-standard token contract and steal RUNE tokens from unsuspecting victims. By baiting people into selling their new UniH tokens, the attacker was able to execute malicious code that transferred any RUNE tokens also in their wallet. This was the fourth exploit pertaining to the Thorchain platform in the month of July.

Total loss estimated at $76,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Malicious code injection / supply chain
Vendor / Product
RUNE thefts

Timeline

  1. 2021-07-23 Breach occurred
  2. 2021-07-23 Publicly disclosed