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← back to feed·PRIVATE-KEY2024-05-27 · 2y ago
Incident · SLOWMIST

Nicola Sebastiani

Account Compromise
Estimated loss
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

Sebastiani, co-founder of The Sandbox, posted on X platform that one of The Sandbox team members was hacked and his Twitter account used to send SCAM tweets and DMs, disguised as if these were official. Attack method (per SlowMist): Account Compromise. Reported loss: -.

Primary source
https://x.com/borgetsebastien/status/1794928910284496926
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
Nicola Sebastiani
bug_class
private-key
date_occurred
2024-05-27
loss_usd
source_id
sm:nicola-sebastiani::2024-05-27
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