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• 13:27, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Coverprotocol.jpg
• 13:27, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Coverprotocol.jpg
• 13:27, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Empty Set Dollar Stablecoin Collapse (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/emptysetdollarstablecoincollapse.php}} thumb|Empty SetEmpty set dollar was a complex algorithmic stablecoin that maintained a price around $1 until December 26th, 2020, growing to a market capitalization of $200m according to CoinMarketCap. After that point, the price appears to have crashed and is presently fractions of a penny. The protocol would automatically burn user bal...")
• 13:26, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Emptyset.jpg
• 13:26, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Emptyset.jpg
• 13:26, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Altilly Assets Hacked (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/altillyassetshacked.php}} thumb|AltillyThe Altilly exchange left all user funds in a hot wallet managed through their platform. They also kept copies of key information in "hot" backups. While their hosting provider had 2FA on logins, there was a second login without 2FA which the hosting provider had erroneously left open to access the account, which the hacker was able to b...")
• 13:26, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Altilly.jpg
• 13:26, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Altilly.jpg
• 13:22, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Uniswap Doubling Scam (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/uniswapdoublingscam.php}} thumb|UniswapAfter Uniswap launched a free airdrop giveaway, scammers decided to create a fake giveaway which allegedly doubled the funds of users who sent them UNI tokens. They did this by hijacking a legitimate YouTube channel with 400,000 subscribers and renaming it as Uniswap. It's unclear how many victims fell for the scam. It appears that the or...")
• 13:21, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Livecoin Shut Down By Hack (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/livecoinshutdownbyhack.php}} thumb|LivecoinAccording to the company's site, they used cold storage. The site does not mention any use of multi-signature wallets, and it would appear to be very clear that their cold storage was not effective at preventing the theft of a significant amount of client funds. There are a range of things which happened in the downfall, including t...")
• 13:21, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Livecoin.jpg
• 13:21, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Livecoin.jpg
• 13:21, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Uniswap Fake Tokens With Liquidity (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/uniswapfaketokenswithliquidity.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. Scammers can set up a fake token, inject liquidity, and then dump quickly when anyone else buys. In this case, the token was not impersonating any legitimate project. This is a global/inter...")
• 13:21, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Uniswap Fake Nimbus Token (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/uniswapfakenimbustoken.php}} thumb|Uniswap Uniswap allows anyone to list a token. Therefore, there have been a massive number of scams with tokens named similarly to popular tokens. The Nimbus did not have a token. There was still a reasonable chance someone may have looked for one, and ended up purchasing from a scammer. This is a global/international case not involving a sp...")
• 13:21, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Exmo Assets Lost (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/exmoassetslost.php}} thumb|ExmoExmo stored a relatively large amount of customer assets in hot wallets, which according to their policy ranged between 5% and 10%. Therefore, they were fortunate that only 6% were taken, instead of 9% or 10%. They were also fortunate in that numerous other assets were not taken - only the top 6 cryptocurrencies out of many dozens of assets on their...")
• 13:21, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Exmo.jpg
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• 13:20, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Warp Finance Hack (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/warpfinancehack.php}} thumb|Warp FinanceWarp Finance offered a lending platform where you can stake your liquidity provider tokens and earn interest. Of course, you have to put your tokens into a smart contract. A hacker decided that they wanted the coins in the smart contract. The exploit was highly inefficient and required some collateral which offset the losses, howev...")
• 13:20, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Warpfinance.jpg
• 13:20, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Warpfinance.jpg
• 13:20, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Trezor Fake Iphone App James Fajcz (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/trezorfakeiphoneappjamesfajcz.php}} thumb|TrezorTrezor did now have any IPhone version of their application. A scammer created a fake IPhone Trezor application. This was downloaded and requested the sensistive information, presumably the seed phrase. Once provided, all balances on the wallet were stolen. The app has since been removed. It is unclear if any funds were recovered....")
• 13:20, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Nexus Mutual Founder Hacked (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/nexusmutualfounderhacked.php}} thumb|Nexus MutualKYC can create a closed community, but it's far from foolproof. It certainly does not remove the need for proper protections of funds. This exchange or platform is based in United Kingdom, or the incident targeted people primarily in United Kingdom. == About Nexus Mutual == "The CEO of decentralized finance (DeFi) insurer...")
• 13:20, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page DexTools/Uniswap Fake Buy/Sell History (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/dextoolsuniswapfakebuysellhistory.php}} thumb|DexToolsWith decentralized platforms, a major problem of fraud can happen with fake tokens. Given the open nature of the blockchain, anyone can list a new token with a similar name to an existing popular token, and using smart contracts it's possible to prevent or limit the sale of tokens, meaning that investors can buy, but not s...")
• 13:20, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Dextools.jpg
• 13:20, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Dextools.jpg
• 13:19, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page IBase/YFFS Founders Leave (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/ibaseyffsfoundersleave.php}} thumb|YFFSI was unable to find any evidence of any smart contract vulnerability being exploited by the team. It appears to be more the case that they launched and then decided to cash out and abandon the project. Based on CoinGecko, it looks like $260k worth of YFFS token market cap was lost in total on the "rug pull" day. The project appears to...")
• 13:19, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Ibaseyffs.jpg
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• 13:18, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page DeFiB Rug Pull (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/defibrugpull.php}} thumb|DEFIBaseAn anonymous development team launched the DEFIBase protocol, a smart contract which gave them full control over the token supply. Instead of helping their users make a larger fortune, they decided to help themselves to all invested funds. This project was very small, so it was hard to determine the actual outcome. This is a global/internati...")
• 13:18, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Defibase.jpg
• 13:18, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Defibase.jpg
• 13:18, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page DeTrade Fund (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/detradefund.php}} thumb|DeTradeA fake video from a purported CEO, an audited smart contract, a business registration, and news articles published through Yahoo Finance, all gave this the appearance of legitimacy. In reality, the hacker immediately took the funds and disappeared. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About DeTrade == "DeTra...")
• 13:18, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Detrade.jpg
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• 13:18, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Compounder Finance Rug Pull (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/compounderfinancerugpull.php}} thumb|Compounder FinanceCompounder run for months and gained significant traction. Because users continued to hold their private keys and only interacted with a smart contract, which was audited, many felt safe. However, the smart contract had a time lock, which enabled the anonymous team to make an update with just 24 hours of notice. They d...")
• 13:17, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Compounder.jpg
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• 13:17, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page BTC Markets Privacy Breach (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/btcmarketsprivacybreach.php}} thumb|BTC MarketsBTC Markets was one of the largest exchanges in Australia. The company sent out a mailer announcing that they were accepting Tether on December 1st, 2020. The email was sent in batches, each to 1,000 customers. Except that the email addresses and full names in each batch were visible to all recipients. This exchange or platfor...")
• 13:17, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Btcmarkets.jpg
• 13:17, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Btcmarkets.jpg
• 13:17, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Blockchain.com Funds Stolen Truth-Seeker1990 (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/blockchaincomfundsstolentruthseeker1990.php}} thumb|Blockchain.infoReddit user Truth-Seeker1990 used the Blockchain.com online wallet, which offers a "2FA" account recovery option based on the user's email account. His email address was hacked (which typically may happen due to reusing the same password as a login for a website). The hacker modified his email account to...")
• 13:16, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Celsius Network Account Hacked (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/celsiusnetworkaccounthacked.php}} thumb|Celsius NetworkWhile unconfirmed by Celsius, there is a report from one of their customers who claims to have been hacked out of $82,000 worth of cryptocurrency. If what's claimed is true, it seems like Celsius may have had their DNS compromised and customers redirected to an attacker's website. Attackers can set up proxies on sim...")
• 13:16, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page SushiSwap First Attack (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/sushiswapfirstattack.php}} thumb|SushiSwapThe SushiSwap smart contract was exploited and the attacker took the trading fees which were generated over the brief period of the attack. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About SushiSwap == "Sushi is a DeFi protocol that is completely community-driven, serving up delicious interest for your...")
• 13:16, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Rari Capital Vulnerability (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/raricapitalvulnerability.php}} thumb|Rari CapitalRari Capital discovered a vulnerability in their smart contract, prior to it being exploited. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About Rari Capital == "Rari Capital was founded upon a principle whereby yield could be generated without speculation, and instead: utilization. Rari Capital...")
• 13:16, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Raricapital.jpg
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• 13:16, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Saffron Finance Lock Up (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/saffronfinancelockup.php}} thumb|Saffron FinanceThe Saffron Finance smart contract had a bug which caused a large quantity of fund to be "locked up" when wrong inputs were supplied. Advanced functions had to be used to recover funds. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About Saffron Finance == "Saffron Finance launched November 1st...")
• 13:15, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Saffronfinance.jpg
• 13:15, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Saffronfinance.jpg
• 13:15, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Bancar Hack Theft (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/bancarhacktheft.php}} thumb|Bancar ExchangeVery limited detail is available about what happened to Bancar Exchange, but given the size of the platform, it would appear that far too much was stored in their hot wallet. As the theives were arrested, it's likely that some of the funds will be recovered. This exchange or platform is based in Venezuela, or the incident targeted peo...")