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
Actor and comedian Bill Murray's personal wallet was stolen, resulting in the loss of funds raised by the actor's charity NFT, hackers stole about 112.05 wETH (worth about $174,000), which was then converted into ETH and sent to 5 EOA, Eventually it was transferred to Binance. The transfer of stolen assets did not indicate any malicious behavior, indicating that a mnemonic phrase was most likely compromised. Attack method (per SlowMist): Mnemonic Leakage. Reported loss: $ 174,000.
Primary source
https://decrypt.co/108882/bill-murray-ethereum-wallet-hacked-174k-nft-charity-auction ↗Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- —
- protocol
- Bill Murray
- bug_class
- private-key
- date_occurred
- 2022-08-29
- loss_usd
- $174,000
- source_id
- sm:bill-murray::2022-08-29
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