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Incident · SLOWMIST

DeltaPrime

Private Key Leakage
Estimated loss
$5.98M
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.

▰ PROOF OF CONCEPT
DEFIHACKLABS
src/test/2024-11/DeltaPrime_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

DeFi project DeltaPrime has officially confirmed on platform X that a security incident occurred. DeltaPrime Blue (Arbitrum) was attacked and drained for $5.98M. This was due to a compromised private key. Attack method (per SlowMist): Private Key Leakage. Reported loss: $ 5,980,000.

Primary source
https://x.com/DeltaPrimeDefi/status/1835603279369125893
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
arbitrum
protocol
DeltaPrime
bug_class
private-key
date_occurred
2024-09-16
loss_usd
$5,980,000
source_id
sm:deltaprime::2024-09-16
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