VERDICT —OUT OF SCOPE
Root cause is private-key / signer compromise — the on-chain contract behaved exactly as written. No pre-deployment source audit or bytecode review reaches the key-custody perimeter; this is operational-security territory (HSM/MPC hygiene, key rotation, hot-wallet isolation). Bytecode would show nothing wrong.
▰ METHOD
PRIVATE KEY
PRIVATE-KEY
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
Monero discloses that its community crowdfunding wallet was drained of 2,675.73 XMR (the entire balance). The hot wallet, used for payments to contributors, is untouched; its balance is ~244 XMR. Attack method (per SlowMist): Unknown. Reported loss: $ 460,000.
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- —
- protocol
- Monero
- bug_class
- private-key
- date_occurred
- 2023-11-01
- loss_usd
- $460,000
- source_id
- sm:monero::2023-11-01
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