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← back to feed·GOVERNANCE2024-02-25 · 2y ago
Incident · SLOWMIST

Tornado Cash

Governance Attack
Estimated loss
VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
▰ METHOD
GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCEBYTECODE 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

SlowMist founder Cos tweeted that there is a backdoor code in the Tornado Cash IPFS version frontend that hijacks deposit certificates. A governance attack led to malicious proposals being passed, and the malicious code has been present for about two months. Attack method (per SlowMist): Governance Attack. Reported loss: -.

Primary source
https://gas404.medium.com/tornado-cash-notes-exploit-from-jan-1st-and-the-actions-you-must-take-6076748bc886
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
Tornado Cash
bug_class
governance
date_occurred
2024-02-25
loss_usd
source_id
sm:tornado-cash::2024-02-25
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