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← back to feed·LOGIC2020-11-30 · 5y ago
Incident · SLOWMIST

Saffron Finance

Contract Vulnerability
Estimated loss
$50.00M
VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
▰ METHOD
LOGIC
LOGICBYTECODE CATCHABLEAI SCANNABLE
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

DeFi asset mortgage platform Saffron Finance issued an announcement stating that Epoch 1 redemption errors caused by contract loopholes resulted in 50 million DAI deposits deposited by Epoch 1 being locked for 8 weeks. The team is currently working on an emergency fix to solve this problem and will transition to Epoch 2. Saffron Finance is a DeFi asset mortgage platform released by an anonymous team. The token is SFI, allowing liquidity providers to select customized risk exposures to obtain returns. In each cycle, users can choose different risk-return combinations (A, AA, S) on Saffron to provide liquidity. A cycle of 14 days (LP locks within 14 days). After the cycle ends, users can remove liquidity and obtain Interest and prorated SFI. Attack method (per SlowMist): Contract Vulnerability. Reported loss: $ 50,000,000.

Primary source
https://twitter.com/saffronfinance_/status/1333086689913425922
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
Saffron Finance
bug_class
logic
date_occurred
2020-11-30
loss_usd
$50,000,000
source_id
sm:saffron-finance::2020-11-30
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