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← back to feed·SOLLOGIC2022-02-02 · 4y ago
Incident · SLOWMIST

Wormhole

Contract Vulnerability
Estimated loss
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

Attackers exploited a signature verification vulnerability in the Wormhole network to mint 120k Ether on Solana, worth over $326 million. The hack was made possible by a series of signature verification authorizations, where the developers used a deprecated function to enable unverified forged signature passes. Attack method (per SlowMist): Contract Vulnerability. Reported loss: 120,000 ETH.

Primary source
https://wormholecrypto.medium.com/wormhole-incident-report-02-02-22-ad9b8f21eec6
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
solana
protocol
Wormhole
bug_class
logic
date_occurred
2022-02-02
loss_usd
source_id
sm:wormhole::2022-02-02
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