Binance

Unknown

Estimated loss

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VERDICT —OUT OF SCOPE

Root cause is phishing — victims signed malicious transactions or approvals off-protocol. Contract logic was not the failure surface; user-side wallet hygiene was. Pre-deployment audit cannot catch this class.

▰ METHOD

PHISHING

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

Binance security incident occurred in March 2018 when a phishing campaign impacted a large number of Binance users. At the time, Binance offered a $250,000 reward for any information that would have led to the arrest of those involved in the phishing campaign. Attack method (per SlowMist): Unknown. Reported loss: -.

Primary source

https://bihu.com/article/1870950340?i=17K9&c=1&s=22CjEo&from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0 ↗

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slowmist

Technical record