WOO X

Phishing Attack

Estimated loss

$14.00M

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

Crypto trading platform WOO X suffered an attack resulting in a loss of approximately $14 million. According to the official disclosure, the incident stemmed from a targeted phishing attack that compromised a team member’s device, allowing the attacker to gain access to the development environment. Attack method (per SlowMist): Phishing Attack. Reported loss: $ 14,000,000.

Primary source

https://x.com/_WOO_X/status/1948573397178339577 ↗

Sourced from

slowmist

Technical record