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← back to feed·PHISHING2023-01-03 · 3y ago
Incident · SLOWMIST

Nikhil Gopalani

Phishing attack
Estimated loss
$173.0K
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

Nikhil Gopalani, chief operating officer of Nike's encrypted fashion brand RTFKT, tweeted that he was attacked by a phisher and lost more than $173,000, including 19 CloneX NFTs, 18 RTKFT Space Pods, 11 CryptoKicks, etc. Gopalani believes the phishing attack may have been the result of accidentally providing confidential information to hackers posing as Apple representatives. Attack method (per SlowMist): Phishing attack. Reported loss: $ 173,000.

Primary source
https://twitter.com/Nikgopalani/status/1610120899570663425
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
Nikhil Gopalani
bug_class
phishing
date_occurred
2023-01-03
loss_usd
$173,000
source_id
sm:nikhil-gopalani::2023-01-03
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