https://quadrigainitiative.com/cryptocurrencyhackscamfraudwiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=EigenLayer_Email_Phishing_Unauthorized_TransferEigenLayer Email Phishing Unauthorized Transfer - Revision history2026-05-24T06:54:14ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.1https://quadrigainitiative.com/cryptocurrencyhackscamfraudwiki/index.php?title=EigenLayer_Email_Phishing_Unauthorized_Transfer&diff=6215&oldid=prevAzoundria: Created page with "{{Imported Case Study With About|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/eigenlayeremailphishingunauthorizedtransfer.php}} {{Unattributed Sources}} EigenLayer HomepageEigenLayer is another restaking platform, which offers Ethereum holders the ability to earn more staking rewards on their already staked Ethereum. The team had developed an elaborate token vesting schedule for their team and investors, and was in the process of per..."2024-10-11T21:14:46Z<p>Created page with "{{Imported Case Study With About|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/eigenlayeremailphishingunauthorizedtransfer.php}} {{Unattributed Sources}} <a href="/cryptocurrencyhackscamfraudwiki/index.php?title=File:Eigenlayer.jpg" title="File:Eigenlayer.jpg">thumb|EigenLayer Homepage</a>EigenLayer is another restaking platform, which offers Ethereum holders the ability to earn more staking rewards on their already staked Ethereum. The team had developed an elaborate token vesting schedule for their team and investors, and was in the process of per..."</p>
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[[File:Eigenlayer.jpg|thumb|EigenLayer Homepage]]EigenLayer is another restaking platform, which offers Ethereum holders the ability to earn more staking rewards on their already staked Ethereum. The team had developed an elaborate token vesting schedule for their team and investors, and was in the process of performing a distribution of tokens. It appears that attackers impersonated one of the investors and swapped their Ethereum address for another Ethereum address, granting them the receipt of the newly minted Eigen tokens. They were not very eager to comply with the token vesting schedule and much prefered to cash out their ill gotten gains rather quickly. There is some speculation that the attack was performed by an insider, but no hard evidence as of yet.<ref name="rektnews-16077" /><ref name="defillama-16078" /><ref name="eigenlayertwitter-16079" /><ref name="platform-16080" /><ref name="lookonchaintwitter-16081" /><ref name="etherscan-16082" /><ref name="etherscan-16083" /><ref name="eigenlayertwitter-16084" /><ref name="etherscan-16085" /><ref name="eigenlayer-16086" /><ref name="etherscan-16087" /><ref name="eigenlayerdocs-16088" /><br />
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== About EigenLayer ==<br />
"EigenLayer is a protocol built on Ethereum that introduces restaking, a new primitive in cryptoeconomic security. This primitive enables the reuse of ETH on the consensus layer. Users that stake ETH natively or with a liquid staking token (LST) can opt-in to EigenLayer smart contracts to restake their ETH or LST and extend cryptoeconomic security to additional applications on the network to earn additional rewards."<br />
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== The Reality ==<br />
"In a plot twist worthy of a B-grade hacker flick, their sophisticated token distribution strategy amounted to "send us an email with your ETH address."<br />
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== What Happened ==<br />
"[A] digital Danny Ocean waltzed right in, changed an address and walked away with a cool 1.67 million EIGEN tokens."<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Key Event Timeline - EigenLayer Email Phishing Unauthorized Transfer<br />
!Date<br />
!Event<br />
!Description<br />
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|October 2nd, 2024 11:19:35 PM MDT<br />
|Test Transaction Performed<br />
|The EigenLayer team does a test transaction to the provided Ethereum address.<br />
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|October 4th, 2024 1:03:47 AM MDT<br />
|Real Token Transaction<br />
|The EigenLayer team does the real transfer of 1,673,644.66828466 Eigen tokens to the phishing wallet.<br />
|}<br />
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== Technical Details ==<br />
This section includes specific detailed technical analysis of any security breaches which happened. What specific software vulnerabilities contributed to the problem and how were they exploited?<br />
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== Total Amount Lost ==<br />
The total amount lost has been estimated at $5,995,000 USD.<br />
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How much was lost and how was it calculated? If there are conflicting reports, which are accurate and where does the discrepancy lie?<br />
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== Immediate Reactions ==<br />
How did the various parties involved (firm, platform, management, and/or affected individual(s)) deal with the events? Were services shut down? Were announcements made? Were groups formed?<br />
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== Ultimate Outcome ==<br />
What was the end result? Was any investigation done? Were any individuals prosecuted? Was there a lawsuit? Was any tracing done?<br />
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== Total Amount Recovered ==<br />
There do not appear to have been any funds recovered in this case.<br />
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What funds were recovered? What funds were reimbursed for those affected users?<br />
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== Ongoing Developments ==<br />
What parts of this case are still remaining to be concluded?<br />
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== Platform Prevention Policies ==<br />
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== Regulatory Prevention Policies ==<br />
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== References ==<br />
<references><ref name="rektnews-16077">[https://rekt.news/eigenoops/ Rekt - Eigenoops] (Accessed Oct 11, 2024)</ref><br />
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<ref name="defillama-16078">[https://defillama.com/protocol/eigenlayer#information https://defillama.com/protocol/eigenlayer#information] (Accessed Oct 11, 2024)</ref><br />
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<ref name="eigenlayertwitter-16079">[https://twitter.com/eigenlayer/status/1842268416083653038 @eigenlayer Twitter] (Accessed Oct 11, 2024)</ref><br />
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<ref name="platform-16080">[https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/0x87787389BB2Eb2EC8Fe4aA6a2e33D671d925A60f Arkham] (Accessed Oct 11, 2024)</ref><br />
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<ref name="lookonchaintwitter-16081">[https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/1842220398181822470 @lookonchain Twitter] (Accessed Oct 11, 2024)</ref><br />
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<ref name="etherscan-16082">[https://etherscan.io/address/0xa7a1c66168cc0b5fc78721157f513c89697df10d Address 0xa7a1c66168cc0b5fc78721157f513c89697df10d | Etherscan] (Accessed Oct 11, 2024)</ref><br />
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<ref name="etherscan-16083">[https://etherscan.io/tx/0xc997f69dc4d22cec10e236433822c194765ed56f911890552e733268c3f2cbbb Ethereum Transaction Hash (Txhash) Details | Etherscan] (Accessed Oct 11, 2024)</ref><br />
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<ref name="eigenlayertwitter-16084">[https://twitter.com/eigenlayer/status/1842317191045157099 @eigenlayer Twitter] (Accessed Oct 11, 2024)</ref><br />
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<ref name="etherscan-16085">[https://etherscan.io/tokentxns?a=0xa7a1c66168cc0b5fc78721157f513c89697df10d Token Transfer | Etherscan] (Accessed Oct 11, 2024)</ref><br />
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<ref name="eigenlayer-16086">[https://www.eigenlayer.xyz/ Home - EigenLayer] (Accessed Oct 11, 2024)</ref><br />
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<ref name="etherscan-16087">[https://etherscan.io/tx/0x3f7e3d1a55d8aa5bbb3d1dc750df72b13fd2f1d122d83a6c0807b30d5d7587ac Ethereum Transaction Hash (Txhash) Details | Etherscan] (Accessed Oct 11, 2024)</ref><br />
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<ref name="eigenlayerdocs-16088">[https://docs.eigenlayer.xyz/eigenlayer/overview Intro to EigenLayer | EigenLayer] (Accessed Oct 11, 2024)</ref></references></div>Azoundria