VERDICT —OUT OF SCOPE
Root cause is infrastructure (DNS / cloud / database / third-party API) compromise, not on-chain contract logic. Pre-deployment source review would not surface this; coverage lives in cloud-security + supply-chain audit, separate discipline.
▰ METHOD
INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE
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
Solana was down for 4 hours on January 4th, however, Solana.Status showed no problems with the network. The Solana blockchain suffered its third incident in just a few months, resulting in network congestion and failed transactions, with users debating whether it was caused by another DDos attack or just a network issue. Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana Labs, denied there was a DDoS attack this time around. Attack method (per SlowMist): DDoS Attack. Reported loss: -.
Primary source
https://cointelegraphcn.com/news/solana-hit-with-another-network-incident-causing-degraded-performance ↗Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- solana
- protocol
- Solana
- bug_class
- infrastructure
- date_occurred
- 2022-01-04
- loss_usd
- —
- source_id
- sm:solana::2022-01-04
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