VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
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/2024-10/FireToken_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
The Fire ($FIRE) token on Ethereum was exploited just 24 seconds after its launch, resulting in the theft of 9 ETH (approximately $24,000). The root cause was related to the token burn mechanism within the transfer() function. Attack method (per SlowMist): Contract Vulnerability. Reported loss: $ 2,4000.
Primary source
https://etherscan.io/tx/0xd20b3b31a682322eb0698ecd67a6d8a040ccea653ba429ec73e3584fa176ff2b ↗Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- ethereum
- protocol
- Fire (FIRE)
- bug_class
- logic
- date_occurred
- 2024-10-01
- loss_usd
- $24,000
- source_id
- sm:fire-fire-::2024-10-01
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