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
On May 18, a Reddit netizen posted that Monacoin suffered a 51% computing power attack, a selfish mining attack, and a time stamp attack. The exact time occurred from May 13 to May 15. Some exchanges that support Monacoin trading, such as Bittrex, Livecoin have closed Monacoin recharge. Attack method (per SlowMist): 51% attack. Reported loss: $ 90,000.
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- —
- protocol
- Monacoin
- bug_class
- infrastructure
- date_occurred
- 2018-05-18
- loss_usd
- $90,000
- source_id
- sm:monacoin::2018-05-18
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