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← back to feed·MIXININFRASTRUCTURE2023-09-23 · 2y ago
Incident · DEFILLAMA

Mixin Network

Database Attack
Estimated loss
$200.00M
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
Database Attack
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

Classification: Infrastructure. Technique: Database Attack. Target type: Other. Affected chains: Mixin.

Sourced from
DefiLlama Hacks dataset · api.llama.fi/hacks
Technical record
chain
mixin
protocol
Mixin Network
bug_class
infrastructure
date_occurred
2023-09-23
loss_usd
$200,000,000
classification
Infrastructure
technique
Database Attack
target_type
Other
source_id
dl:adhoc:mixin-network:1695427200
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