VERDICT —OUT OF SCOPE
Root cause is private-key / signer compromise — the on-chain contract behaved exactly as written. No pre-deployment source audit or bytecode review reaches the key-custody perimeter; this is operational-security territory (HSM/MPC hygiene, key rotation, hot-wallet isolation). Bytecode would show nothing wrong.
▰ METHOD
PRIVATE KEY
PRIVATE-KEY
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
Animoca Brands tweeted that @ysiu social media account has been compromised. There is no official token or NFT launch from Animoca Brands. The token launch on Solana as claimed in a post was made by the hacker. Please do not engage with the account and stay vigilant. Attack method (per SlowMist): Account Compromise. Reported loss: -.
Primary source
https://x.com/animocabrands/status/1872094029451772161 ↗Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- solana
- protocol
- Yat Siu
- bug_class
- private-key
- date_occurred
- 2024-12-26
- loss_usd
- —
- source_id
- sm:yat-siu::2024-12-26
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