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
Attacker creates malicious Ledger Chrome extensions and tricks users into downloading malicious Ledger Chrome extensions through Google search ad serving and other methods to steal users' cryptocurrency. So far, it is known that at least 1.4 million XRP are stolen. Attack method (per SlowMist): Phishing attack. Reported loss: 1,400,000 XRP.
Primary source
https://cointelegraph.com/news/fake-ledger-live-chrome-extension-stole-14m-xrp-researchers-claim ↗Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- —
- protocol
- Ledger Chrome
- bug_class
- phishing
- date_occurred
- 2020-03-25
- loss_usd
- —
- source_id
- sm:ledger-chrome::2020-03-25
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