User contributions for Azoundria

25 January 2023

• 12:5612:56, 25 January 2023 diff hist +6,105‎ N Beer Garden Finance Exit Scam ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/beergardenfinanceexitscam.php}} thumb|Beer Garden FinanceBeer Garden Finance offered a supposed community governance and yield farming token that rewarded staking. The anonymous team disappeared with all funds. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About Beer Garden Finance == "BeerGarden is a new exciting experimental Defi project. All..."
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• 12:5612:56, 25 January 2023 diff hist +7,997‎ N CBDAO ($BREE) Exit Scam ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/cbdao$breeexitscam.php}} thumb|CBDAOCBDAO boasted itself as a DAO, focused on decentralized consensus protocols. The smart contract hot wallet had a deliberate backdoor, which the team exploited to steal funds before deleting Twitter and other social media. It is very likely that these fraudsters will not get away, as they were not very careful and some claim to know who they a..."
• 12:5612:56, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Cbdao.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 12:5512:55, 25 January 2023 diff hist +5,754‎ N DeFi Saver/imToken DAI Reduction ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/defisaverimtokendaireduction.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 De..."
• 12:5512:55, 25 January 2023 diff hist +6,376‎ N AmplyFi.Money Exit Scam ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/amplyfi.moneyexitscam.php}} thumb|AmplyFi.MoneyAmplyFi was a copy of the well-known AmpleForth protocol, and gained some investment. The project team was anonymous and apparently one of the team members ran away with the funds. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About AmplyFi.Money == The "AmplYfi project [was an] Ample[fo]rth fork." "Th..."
• 12:5512:55, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Amplyfi.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 12:4512:45, 25 January 2023 diff hist +5,939‎ N Burn Vault Finance Exit Scam ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/burnvaultfinanceexitscam.php}} thumb|Burn Vault FinanceBurn Vault was a deflationary staking token which disappeared with investor's funds. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About Burn Vault Finance == "BVF coin is a digital currency issued at 2020-10-05 based on the Ethereum ERC-20 standard. The total supply is 13,000 pieces, and the..."
• 12:4512:45, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Burnvault.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 12:4412:44, 25 January 2023 diff hist +12,981‎ N UniSwap UniCats Scam ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/uniswapunicatsscam.php}} thumb|UniCatsWhat's worse than sending your funds to an unknown smart contract? Sending that smart contract access to an unlimited quantity of those funds (ie your entire wallet balance). Not surprisingly, projects can gain trust from less worrisome users with nice cute cat pictures and many of the top projects at this time required the same unlimited..."
• 12:4412:44, 25 January 2023 diff hist +7,067‎ N KuCoin Fake Wallet Site ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/kucoinfakewalletsite.php}} thumb|KuCoinKuCoin reported that a fake website was set up to phish their platform users. This would be used to steal login information of platform users, leading towards a theft of funds. This exchange or platform is based in Singapore, or the incident targeted people primarily in Singapore. == About KuCoin == "Behind KuCoin are two tech geeks who..."
• 12:4412:44, 25 January 2023 diff hist +6,807‎ N Minion Farm Project Abandoned ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/minionfarmprojectabandoned.php}} thumb|Minion FarmMinion Farm was a liquidity pool/farm allowing exchange between other tokens like Ethereum, and the Minion Farm token. There were no other pairs. The project was heavily launched and promoted for all of 2 days before the administration team abandoned it. In this case, the website went offline, but the Twitter and Medium arti..."
• 12:4412:44, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Minionfarm.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 12:4412:44, 25 January 2023 diff hist +6,335‎ N Tomato DEFI Disappeared ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/tomatodefidisappeared.php}} thumb|Tomato DEFITomato DEFI was launched by an anonymous team and promised to be a new yield farm, and users would send their ethereum to the funding address to participate. There are reports of users not receiving tokens for their ethereum, and updates stopped after the initial launch. The website is now offline, although social media has not..."
• 12:4312:43, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Tomatodefi.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 12:4312:43, 25 January 2023 diff hist +10,057‎ N Eminence (Yearn Finance) DeFi Hack ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/yearnfinanceeminencehack.php}} thumb|EminenceEminence was an early beta NFT game which was launched by Andre Cronje. Users piled in to invest their funds in the unproven platform. The platform was exploited by an attacker who stole the full $15m, returning $8m to investors. Those $8m were subsequently distributed back to investors. This is a global/international case not in..."
• 12:4312:43, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Eminence.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 12:4312:43, 25 January 2023 diff hist +10,505‎ N HatchDAO Rug Pull ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/hatchdaorugpull.php}} thumb|HatchDAOAn anonymous individual or team launched the HatchDAO token system which appeared to be an experimental DAO, and took advantage of the reputation of the TrustSwap service to gain the trust of more participants. TrustSwap, however, can't guarantee the security of a smart contract hot wallet, and claims that isn't their function. Despite the..."
• 12:4312:43, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Hatchdao.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 12:4212:42, 25 January 2023 diff hist +8,211‎ N GemSwap "Developer Attack" ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/gemswapdeveloperattack.php}} thumb|GemSwapUnknown developers created a fork of popular UniSwap/SushiSwap. After many people were convinced to add liquidity to the smart contract, malicious backdoors were used to empty the liquidity and steal user funds. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About GemSwap == "GemSwap is described to be a for..."
• 12:4212:42, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Gemswap.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 12:4212:42, 25 January 2023 diff hist +10,234‎ N Robinhood Account Hacking Spree ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/robinhoodaccounthackingspree.php}} thumb|RobinhoodIn late 2020, over 2,000 accounts on the Robinhood trading platform were breached. Users reported difficulties in obtaining support at the time. While some users report that their funds were restored by the platform, it's unclear if all funds were restored. This exchange or platform is based in United States, or the incident..."
• 12:4212:42, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Robinhood.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 12:4112:41, 25 January 2023 diff hist +13,442‎ N KuCoin Hot Wallet Breach ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/kucoinhotwalletbreach.php}} thumb|KuCoinThe KuCoin platform suffered a hot wallet breach, where hundreds of millions of dollars were stolen from their hot wallets. Some of the funds were recovered through working with centralized blockchains and platforms to blacklist the coins, however the thieves still successfully kept a significant haul. KuCoin has assured all customers tha..."
• 12:2712:27, 25 January 2023 diff hist +6,391‎ N Tomatoes Finance Permissions Attack ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/tomatoesfinancepermissionsattack.php}} thumb|Tomatos FinanceThe "Tomatos" Finance project gained publicity by airdropping tokens into random wallets. When the victim reached the website, they would receive a standard permissions dialog to interact with the smart contract. If they granted permissions, all their funds would be drained. This is a global/international case..."
• 12:2712:27, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Tomatosfinance.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 12:2612:26, 25 January 2023 diff hist +8,086‎ N KuCoin Fake Exchange Website ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/kucoinfakeexchangewebsite.php}} thumb|KuCoinKuCoin reported that a fake website was set up to phish their platform users. This would be used to steal login information of platform users, leading towards a theft of funds. This exchange or platform is based in Singapore, or the incident targeted people primarily in Singapore. == About KuCoin == "Behind KuCoin are two tech geeks..."
• 12:2612:26, 25 January 2023 diff hist +12,317‎ N Lightning Denial of Service Attack Demonstration ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/lightningdenialofserviceattackdemonstration.php}} thumb|LightningLightning is a technology which allows for faster and cheaper payments through bitcoin. In Septembr 2020, Joost Jager discovered an attack which could be performed against large value lightning channels. This allowed nodes to be locked up so they're unusable, but doesn't appear to allow any theft of funds. Thi..."
• 12:2612:26, 25 January 2023 diff hist +8,300‎ N Soda Finance Loophole ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/sodafinanceloophole.php}} thumb|Soda FinanceSoda Finance is a yield farming project run by an anonymous team. There was a loophole in the smart contract, which was ignored by the team. The loophole was exploited. The team partially compensated affected users. The project is still running. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About Soda..."
• 12:2612:26, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Sodafinance.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 12:2612:26, 25 January 2023 diff hist +9,591‎ N Sim Swapping AT&T ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/simswappingat&t.php}} A client of an unnamed US-based exchange had their account breached after relying on SMS-based 2FA. The client is taking their mobile provider to court in an attempt to gain some recovery. This exchange or platform is based in United States, or the incident targeted people primarily in United States. == About Unknown == "An AT&T customer filed a lawsuit against the company..."
• 12:2512:25, 25 January 2023 diff hist +8,302‎ N Swerve Finance Swerves Finely ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/swervefinanceswervesfinely.php}} thumb|Swerve FinanceThe story goes that a bunch of venture capitalists decided to create a fork of the Curve protocol, called Swerve. They copied the code with minimal change. They had huge amounts of money to start up the liquidity. And a great marketing plan - pretend to be a single anonymous developer and fake a fair launch. Except th..."
• 12:2512:25, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Swervefinance.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 12:1012:10, 25 January 2023 diff hist +7,122‎ N LV Finance Exit Scam ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/lvfinanceexitscam.php}} This fraud appears to have been executed so quickly that no record of the site or even a logo are subsequently available. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About LV Finance == "The organizers of LV Finance described the project as a "community-owned DeFi ecosystem" based on the Ethereum blockchain." "In the near future they promised..."
• 12:1012:10, 25 January 2023 diff hist +6,933‎ N Bantiample Exit Scam ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/bantiampleexitscam.php}} thumb|BantiampleBantiample was a fork of Antiample, but not a functional one. It took advantage of the hype around the Antiample project to launch. The project did not run for long before the anonymous creator made off with everyone's funds. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About Bantiample == "Bantiample to..."
• 12:0912:09, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Bantiample.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 12:0912:09, 25 January 2023 diff hist +8,202‎ N Student Robbed At Knifepoint ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/studentrobbedatknifepoint.php}} A freshman student at the University of Kent was robbed after revealing he held cryptocurrency. This exchange or platform is based in United Kingdom, or the incident targeted people primarily in United Kingdom. == About Unknown == "A college student started the year as a freshman was robbed at the University of Kent, a school located in the historic city of Canter..."
• 12:0912:09, 25 January 2023 diff hist +9,665‎ N Lien Finance Rescued ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/lienfinancerescued.php}} thumb|Lien FinanceLien Finance offers some interesting financial products, including an advanced structure of stable coin. A highly experienced developer found an exploit in the smart contract which had been overlooked by the contract auditor. Rather than exploiting it himself, he attempted to get in touch with the auditor and the project (which w..."
• 12:0912:09, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Lienfinance.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 11:5911:59, 25 January 2023 diff hist +7,582‎ N BZx DeFi Protocol Hacked Again ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/defiprotocolbzxhackedagain.php}} thumb|BZxThe bZx protocol has now been hacked 3 times. The previous 2 times were in February 2020. In this case, no funds were ultimately lost as the hacker returned the funds. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About BZx == "In yet another jolt to the decentralized finance (DeFi) community, margin, and leve..."
• 11:5911:59, 25 January 2023 diff hist +14,222‎ N Arbistar Trading Bot Overpayment ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/arbistartradingbotoverpayment.php}} thumb|ArbistarArbistar was not a cryptocurrency exchange, but rather a simple scheme where investors would pay upfront money for future returns, with extra bonuses for recruiting others. Where did those returns come from? From a trading bot that is supposedly the first bot ever to be able to consistently generate an arbitrage profit. And t..."
• 11:5911:59, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Arbistar.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 11:5911:59, 25 January 2023 diff hist +9,618‎ N YFDexF Finance Exit Scam ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/yfdexffinanceexitscam.php}} thumb|YFDexFYFDexF was one platform which you could have afforded to miss out on. After advertising extensively on social media with free give-aways for retweets and hash tags, the project then disappeared with investor funds. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About YFDexF == The "DeFi project Yfdexf.Finance"..."
• 11:5911:59, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Yfdexf.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 11:5811:58, 25 January 2023 diff hist +5,528‎ N Coral Finance Reentrancy Attack ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/coralfinancereentrancyattack.php}} While there is limited information available online, the Coral Finance is another example where a project with a smart contract hot wallet was breached and user funds were lost. In this case, the exploit was related to the way EOS uses wRAM. It does not appear that anything was done to assist affected users in this case, as the project appears to have disappeared..."
• 11:5811:58, 25 January 2023 diff hist +11,327‎ N Emerald Mine Exit Scam ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/emeraldmineexitscam.php}} thumb|Emerald MineA user created a smart contract on the EOS platform, which placed them in exclusive control of a large liquidity pool. They funded the contract with a sizable amount of EOS. After others started also using their platform, they then used their access permissions to withdraw the funds. Many of the withdrawals were caught by tradin..."
• 11:5811:58, 25 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Emeraldmine.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 11:5811:58, 25 January 2023 diff hist +9,743‎ N Eterbase Hot Wallets Breached ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/eterbasehotwalletsbreached.php}} thumb|EterbaseA large amount of funds were taken from multiple hot wallets on the Eterbase exchange platform. The exchange decided to shut down for 4 months, and when they relaunched, were surprised to find that there was very little interest in using the platform to trade. Eventually, the exchange closed down for good. It was not clear what..."
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• 11:5711:57, 25 January 2023 diff hist +5,176‎ N CherryFi Contract Vulnerabilities ‎ Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/cherryficontractvulnerabilities.php}} It appears that CherryFi launched a platform which was broken and froze user's funds. It's unclear if the project got any traction. There is no website, and the GITbook site is directing to a separate Constellation Finance project. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About CherryFi == "$CF is born from the need for a plat..."