Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.
On October 1, BNB Chain officially announced that its English Twitter account had been compromised and was under emergency recovery, warning users not to click on any links.Subsequent investigation revealed that the incident involved a total of 10 phishing links, resulting in losses of approximately $8,000, with a single user losing as much as $6,500.The attacker deployed a phishing contract address, injected $17,800, and exchanged it for $22,000 worth of tokens. Following the incident, the team implemented additional security measures to prevent similar occurrences and further strengthened account protection.As of October 31, all user compensations related to this phishing incident have been completed, and transaction details are available on Etherscan. The root cause of the incident has been confirmed as phishing links, which have since been removed and brought under control. Attack method (per SlowMist): Phishing Attack. Reported loss: $ 8,000.
- chain
- bsc
- protocol
- BNB Chain
- bug_class
- phishing
- date_occurred
- 2025-10-01
- loss_usd
- $8,000
- source_id
- sm:bnb-chain::2025-10-01