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Incident · SLOWMIST

AzukiDao

Replay Attack
Estimated loss
$69.0K
VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
▰ METHOD
RUG
RUGBYTECODE CATCHABLEAI SCANNABLE
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.

▰ PROOF OF CONCEPT
DEFIHACKLABS
src/test/2023-07/AzukiDAO_exp.sol
view forked test on github ↗

Reproducible Foundry test fork from SunWeb3Sec/DeFiHackLabs. Clone the repo, run forge test against the file path above, and replay the exploit against a mainnet fork at the historical block. Use for reproduction only — not for live targets.

Forensic narrative

After spending nearly $40 million on a new set of Azuki NFTs, the Azuki community was outraged that they were "diluting" a near-replica of the original Azuki collection. To counter what Azuki’s creators called a “blatant scam,” holders who claim to have collectively spent millions of dollars on the Azuki project formed AzukiDAO. The DAO created a governance token, $BEAN, which is distributed to Azuki NFT owners. The DAO then began voting to hire lawyers to sue the creators of Azuki and demand a return of the 20,000 ETH (approximately $38 million) that the Elementals NFTs had spent in total. However, governance tokens were exploited shortly after the DAO was created. Attackers were able to exploit a flaw in the smart contract, and two exploiters stole approximately 35 ETH (approximately $69,000), mainly because the variable signatureClaimed in the contract was not checked properly, resulting in a replay attack. The DAO suspended the contract to prevent further theft. Attack method (per SlowMist): Replay Attack. Reported loss: $ 69,000.

Primary source
https://twitter.com/wublockchain12/status/1675804855414452225
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
AzukiDao
bug_class
rug
date_occurred
2023-07-03
loss_usd
$69,000
source_id
sm:azukidao::2023-07-03
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