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← back to feed·PRIVATE-KEY2023-01-28 · 3y ago
Incident · SLOWMIST

Azuki

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

According to official news, the NFT project Azuki confirmed that its Twitter account was hacked, and the team has regained control of the account. Hackers posted two tweets on Azuki's Twitter account, prompting users to claim the virtual land, one of which was pinned to the top. Azuki officials remind users to be alert to this scam and not to click on any links. Attack method (per SlowMist): Account Compromise. Reported loss: 618 ETH.

Primary source
https://twitter.com/AzukiOfficial/status/1619114813766139906
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
Azuki
bug_class
private-key
date_occurred
2023-01-28
loss_usd
source_id
sm:azuki::2023-01-28
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