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← back to feed·INFRASTRUCTURE2024-09-24 · 1y ago
Incident · SLOWMIST

ether.fi

DNS Attack
Estimated loss
VERDICT —OUT OF SCOPE
Root cause is infrastructure (DNS / cloud / database / third-party API) compromise, not on-chain contract logic. Pre-deployment source review would not surface this; coverage lives in cloud-security + supply-chain audit, separate discipline.
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INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE
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

On September 24, ether.fi experienced a security incident involving its domain registrar, Gandi.net, resulting in the compromise of the ether[.]fi domain. Attack method (per SlowMist): DNS Attack. Reported loss: -.

Primary source
https://etherfi.gitbook.io/etherfi/security/sep-24-incident-attempted-domain-account-takeover
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
ether.fi
bug_class
infrastructure
date_occurred
2024-09-24
loss_usd
source_id
sm:ether-fi::2024-09-24
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