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Incident · SLOWMIST

friend.tech

SIM Card Attack
Estimated loss
$385.0K
VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
▰ METHOD
Undisclosed
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 October 5th, blockchain detective ZachXBT posted on social media, stating that a hacker had made a profit of 234 ETH (~$385,000) in the past 24 hours by conducting SIM card swap attacks on four different friend.tech users. Attack method (per SlowMist): SIM Card Attack. Reported loss: $ 385,000.

Primary source
https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1709697295464141208
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
friend.tech
bug_class
unknown
date_occurred
2023-10-05
loss_usd
$385,000
source_id
sm:friend-tech::2023-10-05
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