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← back to feed·PRIVATE-KEY2022-05-18 · 4y ago
Incident · SLOWMIST

Alien Frens

Account Compromise
Estimated loss
VERDICT —OUT OF SCOPE
Root cause is private-key / signer compromise — the on-chain contract behaved exactly as written. No pre-deployment source audit or bytecode review reaches the key-custody perimeter; this is operational-security territory (HSM/MPC hygiene, key rotation, hot-wallet isolation). Bytecode would show nothing wrong.
▰ METHOD
PRIVATE KEY
PRIVATE-KEY
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

NFT project Alien Frens tweeted that Discord had been attacked. Users are asked not to click on any MINT links. Attack method (per SlowMist): Account Compromise. Reported loss: -.

Primary source
https://twitter.com/alienfrens/status/1526783057511993345
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
Alien Frens
bug_class
private-key
date_occurred
2022-05-18
loss_usd
source_id
sm:alien-frens::2022-05-18
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