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
The Twitter account of MicroStrategy, the largest public holder of BTC, appears to have been compromised, with phishing airdrop links being posted. According to on-chain detective ZachXBT, the incident has resulted in the theft of assets worth $440,000. Attack method (per SlowMist): Account Compromise. Reported loss: $ 440,000.
Primary source
https://www.odaily.news/newsflash/355957 ↗Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- —
- protocol
- MicroStrategy
- bug_class
- phishing
- date_occurred
- 2024-02-26
- loss_usd
- $440,000
- source_id
- sm:microstrategy::2024-02-26
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