VERDICT —OUT OF SCOPE
Root cause is phishing — victims signed malicious transactions or approvals off-protocol. Contract logic was not the failure surface; user-side wallet hygiene was. Pre-deployment audit cannot catch this class.
▰ METHOD
PHISHING
PHISHING
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
@HideYoApes previously owned several expensive NFTs from Yuga Labs, including a Bored Ape, Mutant Ape, three Bored Ape Kennel Club NFTs, a SewerPass, and two Otherdeeds. The attacker sold all the NFTs for a profit of 127.3 wETH (~$208,000). HideYoApes explained on Twitter that he had downloaded and installed the MetaMask wallet extension from MetaMask’s official website. Attack method (per SlowMist): Phishing Attack. Reported loss: $ 208,000.
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- —
- protocol
- HideYoApes
- bug_class
- phishing
- date_occurred
- 2023-02-27
- loss_usd
- $208,000
- source_id
- sm:hideyoapes::2023-02-27
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