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
Multi-chain NFT protocol Citizen Finance claims to have been attacked by an outside party that gained access to the private keys of BNB and the Polygon chain. The attackers used their access to transfer 244 BNB (~$55,000), 57,637 MATIC (~$32,300), and 7,000 USDC, for a total of about $94,300. Attack method (per SlowMist): Private Key Leakage. Reported loss: $ 94,300.
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- polygon
- protocol
- Citizen Finance
- bug_class
- private-key
- date_occurred
- 2022-07-12
- loss_usd
- $94,300
- source_id
- sm:citizen-finance::2022-07-12
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