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
On September 17th, ThalaLabs' Twitter account was compromised, and a phishing website was posted, which is linked to a known wallet drainer. Attack method (per SlowMist): Account Compromise. Reported loss: -.
Primary source
https://twitter.com/Aptos_Network/status/1703166158327705897?t=xwbO7vWqBUu04u4FiinDNg&s=19 ↗Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- —
- protocol
- ThalaLabs
- bug_class
- phishing
- date_occurred
- 2023-09-17
- loss_usd
- —
- source_id
- sm:thalalabs::2023-09-17
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