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← back to feed·INFRASTRUCTURE2021-02-19 · 5y ago
Incident · SLOWMIST

F2Pool

DDoS 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.
▰ METHOD
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

F2Pool was attacked by DDos, and some addresses experienced short-term failures, which have been restored. Attack method (per SlowMist): DDoS Attack. Reported loss: -.

Primary source
https://www.wu-talk.com/html/kuaixun/2021_983.html
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
F2Pool
bug_class
infrastructure
date_occurred
2021-02-19
loss_usd
source_id
sm:f2pool::2021-02-19
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