VERDICT —OUT OF SCOPE
Root cause is infrastructure (DNS / cloud / database / third-party API) compromise, not on-chain contract logic. Pre-deployment source review would not surface this; coverage lives in cloud-security + supply-chain audit, separate discipline.
▰ METHOD
INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE
Root cause
Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.
Forensic narrative
The official website of hybrid blockchain project Aergo is temporarily unavailable due to a DDoS attack. The technical team is actively working on the issue and aims to restore access as soon as possible. Aergo reminds users to stay alert for impersonation and scam attempts — the team will never initiate DMs or request funds or wallet information. Attack method (per SlowMist): DDoS Attack. Reported loss: -.
Primary source
https://x.com/aergo_io/status/1911684243530616856 ↗Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- —
- protocol
- Aergo
- bug_class
- infrastructure
- date_occurred
- 2025-04-14
- loss_usd
- —
- source_id
- sm:aergo::2025-04-14
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