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
The Aptos Foundation Twitter account (@Aptos_Network) has been hacked, with hackers directing people to a fraudulent website claiming to participate in a bogus airdrop. Aptos Labs also posted a warning on Twitter, reminding users not to interact with links to fake websites. Attack method (per SlowMist): Account Compromise. Reported loss: -.
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- aptos
- protocol
- Aptos Foundation
- bug_class
- private-key
- date_occurred
- 2023-07-07
- loss_usd
- —
- source_id
- sm:aptos-foundation::2023-07-07
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