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
Tron founder Justin Sun tweeted that Htx.com and HTX_DAO have been attacked by DDoS attack. The official HTX Twitter account also mentioned that the HTX application is currently experiencing interruptions, and the technical team is actively working to resolve the issues. Attack method (per SlowMist): DDoS Attack. Reported loss: -.
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- tron
- protocol
- HTX
- bug_class
- infrastructure
- date_occurred
- 2024-01-19
- loss_usd
- —
- source_id
- sm:htx::2024-01-19
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