Olaf

Account Compromise

Estimated loss

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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

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

According to a report by Cointelegraph, the cryptocurrency venture capital firm Polychain Capital has confirmed that its founder and CEO, Olaf Carlson-Wee, has had his Twitter account compromised. Hackers have posted phishing links containing false airdrops. Polychain has urged Twitter users to avoid interacting with Carlson-Wee's account until further notice. Attack method (per SlowMist): Account Compromise. Reported loss: -.

Primary source

https://twitter.com/polychain/status/1743019573295894937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1743019573295894937%7Ctwgr%5Ec6ddb49376b ↗

Sourced from

slowmist

Technical record