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• 11:32, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Vether V3 Exploited (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/vetherv3exploited.php}} thumb|VetherVether was a crypto-asset which has a heavily limited supply. A series of exploits were found, each resulting in an upgrade to the protocol, the latest of which was last year. The lost assets were reimbursed in V4. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About Vether == Vether is a "strictly-scarce Ethereu...")
• 11:32, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Balancer Deflation Hack (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/balancerdeflationhack.php}} thumb|BalancerBalancer allows the creation of multi-token pools which rebalance as others use them for trading. The Balancer protocol smart contract hot wallet had a vulnerability to deflationary tokens, which a hacker was able to exploit to steal $523k worth of liquidity. Initially, the project refused to assist affected users and denied responsi...")
• 11:32, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Balancer.jpg
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• 11:32, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Bancor Self-Hack (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/bancorself-hack.php}} thumb|BancorAn exploit existed in the Bancor smart contract caused by a missing authentication of the "from" address in a "safe" transfer function. The exploit was exposed in March of 2020. Finally, in June 2020, a white hat hacker exploited it, prompting Bancor to exploit the remaining funds themselves. The white hat returned the funds, and Bancor disbur...")
• 11:32, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Ledger Data Breach (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/ledgerdatabreach.php}} thumb|LedgerLedger is one of the leading hardware wallet manufacturers in the world, based in France. On June 2020, a significant portion of their customer base private information was breached, including home addresses, phone numbers, and emails. This information was sold online and later published for free. Affected users have been targeted with multipl...")
• 11:31, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page MakerDao Web3 DeFi Phishing (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/makerdaoweb3defiphishing.php}} thumb|MakerDAOIt is incredibly easy for malicious actors to create web applications which look identical to a major smart contract. The URL may be different by a single character, and only the center of the wallet address could be different. At least $100k USD has been scammed through this method. This is a global/international case not i...")
• 11:31, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Makerdaophish.jpg
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• 11:31, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page VETHER V2 JasonTheMerchant Exploit (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/vetherv2jasonthemerchantexploit.php}} thumb|VetherVether is a stablecoin minted from Ethereum. The protocol was upgraded to improve the minting process. However, this upgrade process had a vulnerability, which would have allowed someone to take assets. This led to a protocol upgrade. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About Vether == Ve...")
• 11:31, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Atomic Loans Close Call (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/atomicloansclosecall.php}} thumb|Atomic LoansAtomic Loans created a service where, rather than provide your funds to a central custodian, they could instead be provided to a hot wallet smart contract. Rather than trusting a human being, you would trust arbitrary open source code. Despite two separate security audits, the code still had vulnerabilities. Luckily, those vuln...")
• 11:31, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Atomicloans.jpg
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• 11:30, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page DeFi Money Market Impersonated (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/defimoneymarketimpersonated.php}} thumb|DeFi Money MarketDefi Money Market launches a fundraiser token sale. Malicious actors impersonate the project and scam some participants via Twitter. The protocol then compensates the affected users. This exchange or platform is based in United States, or the incident targeted people primarily in United States. == About DeFi Mo...")
• 11:30, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Defimoneymarket.jpg
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• 11:30, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page GPay/Cryptopoint/XtraderFX Shut Down (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/gpaycryptopointxtraderfxshutdown.php}} thumb|XtraderFXThe company performed a series of fraudulent and suspicious practices, including false testimonials of famous people, blocking withdrawals, and losing investor funds. In the end, the company was shut down by the court. This exchange or platform is based in United Kingdom, or the incident targeted people prima...")
• 11:30, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Cryptopointxtraderfx.jpg
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• 11:30, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page VETHER V1 Blurr Exploit (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/vetherv1blurrexploit.php}} thumb|VetherVether was a stablecoin. This coin had a vulnerability which made the minting process confusing and unfair for different groups of users, which led to a protocol upgrade. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About Vether == Vether is a "strictly-scarce Ethereum based asset." "Vether is designed to be a...")
• 11:29, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Vether.jpg
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• 11:29, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page DeFi Saver Exchange Vulnerability (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/defisaverexchangevulnerability.php}} thumb|DeFi SaverThere was a vulnerability in the DefiSaver smart contract. Some funds were under risk, however they were captured and returned through a whitehat hack. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About DeFi Saver == "DeFi Saver is a one-stop dashboard for creating, managing and tracking your...")
• 11:29, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Defisaver.jpg
• 11:29, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Defisaver.jpg
• 11:29, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Argent Recovery Without Guardians (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/argentrecoverywithoutguardians.php}} thumb|ArgentArgent allowed users to set up their wallet to have "guardians" who could assist in recovery. By default, there were no guardians set up. If a user didn't set up guardians, then anyone could take their funds. The issue wasn't exploited because there was a 36 hour cooldown and the problem was quickly identified. This is a globa...")
• 11:29, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Argent.jpg
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• 11:28, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Private Key Brute Forced With Only 8 Words (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/privatekeybruteforcedwithonly8words.php}} Twitter user Alistair Milne launched a contest where he would unveil one word of a 12-word seed phrase periodically over a month. The wallet contained a whole bitcoin. John Cantrell was able to brute force the seed phrase with only 8 of the words, extracting the funds prematurely before the last 4 words were unveiled. Ultimately, John was declared the winn...")
• 11:28, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Ledger Shopify Data Breach 2 (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/ledgershopifydatabreach2.php}} thumb|LedgerShopify assisted Ledger in processing orders for hardware wallets. Ledger's Shopify records were reportedly breached in two incidents on April 18th, 2020 and again on June 16th, 2020. A total of 20,000 records were reportedly breached, with contact information of customers who had ordered Ledger products. The information was sold on th...")
• 11:28, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page HTS Coin Shuts Down (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/htscoinshutsdown.php}} thumb|HTS CoinHTS Coin was a cryptocurrency exchange platform in South Korea. Upon suspicion of employees embezzling customer funds (including the CEO), the platform was shut down by authorities. It's unclear the specific evidence and outcome, however the exchange appears to have insisted they are fully backed and honoured withdrawals. This exchange or...")
• 11:28, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Htscoin.jpg
• 11:28, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Htscoin.jpg
• 11:27, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Uniswap Fake Balancer Token (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/uniswapfakebalancertoken.php}} thumb|UniswapUniswap allows anyone to list a token. Therefore, there have been a massive number of scams with tokens named similarly to popular tokens. While Balancer Labs later got a token, they didn't yet have one at this stage. There was still a reasonable chance someone may have looked for one, and ended up purchasing from a scammer. This is...")
• 11:27, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page MiningPoolHub Ethereum Theft (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/miningpoolhubethereumtheft.php}} thumb|MiningPoolHubMiningPoolHub is a service which allows you to optimize your mining among different alt coins. On June 11th, 2020, a suspicious transaction was detected which removed 3,221 ETH ($746k USD) for a mining fee of 2310 ETH ($535k USD). 2079 ETH ($482k USD) were returned by F2Pool. It is unclear if any of these funds were use...")
• 11:27, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Miningpoolhub.jpg
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• 11:27, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page HyperCapital Ponzi Scheme (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/hypercapitalponzischeme.php}} thumb|HyperCapitalThe HyperCapital was a multi-level marketing scheme without any product or service. The scheme ultimately collapsed in mid-2020 and was replaced with HyperFund. It is unknown how much money was invested and lost in the scheme. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About HyperCapital == "Hype...")
• 11:27, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Hyperfund.jpg
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• 11:26, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Good Cycle Ponzi Blackmailed (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/goodcycleponziblackmailed.php}} thumb|Good CycleGood Cycle was a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange based in South Korea. The platform appeared to be operating a ponzi scheme on the side. The website had notably weak security. According to official reports, hackers blackmailed the operators of the website to send them money. When they refused, they exploited the website t...")
• 11:26, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Goodcycle.jpg
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• 11:26, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page DeversiFi Launch Exploit (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/deversifilaunchexploit.php}} thumb|DeversiFiThe first version of the DiversiFi platform imposed an order limit, however when a transaction failed it would be retried automatically. This resulted in a degredation to the speed with which other orders were processed. There don't appear to have been any funds lost. DeversiFi has since rebranded their project as Rhino Finance. T...")
• 11:26, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Deversifi.jpg
• 11:26, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Deversifi.jpg
• 11:25, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Amfeix Ponzi Scheme (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/amfeixponzischeme.php}} thumb|AmfeixAmfeix was a platform where investors would invest their funds, promising a large rate around 8%/mo. The owners behind the scheme were not fully known. The fun ran successfully from around June 2019 up until withdrawals started failing in May 2020. Platform channels were shut down approximately June 1st, 2020 with over 500 pending withdrawals...")
• 11:25, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Amfeix.jpg
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• 11:25, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Ledger Google Play Phishing Alert (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/ledgergoogleplayphishingalert.php}} thumb|LedgerA fake Ledger Live application was launched on Google Play in May 2020. At the same time, the attackers created a large number of fake reviews with a low rating on the legitimate Ledger Live application. This created a situation where it was easy to fool users into downloading the wrong application, which would request their seed...")