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• 23:48, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page XToken Breached (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/xtokenbreached.php}} thumb|XTokenThe xToken attack surprised many people, however it's not surprising given the number of decentralized finance attacks. Affected users will get a small fraction of what they lost, though at least they get something. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About XToken == xToken is "a decentralized passive inve...")
• 23:48, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Xtoken.jpg
• 23:48, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Xtoken.jpg
• 23:48, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page WaterMine Ponzi Scheme (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/watermineponzischeme.php}} thumb|WaterMineWaterMine was supposedly a cloud mining platform where users purchased mining packages. In reality, there is no evidence that any mining actually occured, and the packages beared strong similarities to other panzi schemes. After running for over a year, the website claimed that they were hacked by a support worker. The website is pre...")
• 23:48, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Watermine.jpg
• 23:48, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Watermine.jpg
• 23:47, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Ledger Fake Hardware Wallets (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/ledgerfakehardwarewallets.php}} thumb|LedgerUsing fake data from the data breach in June 2020, scammers started mailing fake wallets to customers. The wallets would provide fake software to install and intercept the seed phrase when users set up their wallet. Ledger first reported fake hardware wallets being mailed to their customers on May 10th, 2021, over a month before any o...")
• 23:47, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Larva Labs’ Meebits NFT Hack (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/larvalabs’meebitsnfthack.php}} thumb|MeebitsThe Meebits are collectible NFT characters, with potential rare attributes. Unfortunately, these attributes were generated using a not-so-random algorithm, which was predictable based on the hash of the present block. A hacker was able to exploit this to obtain a rare Meebit that they then resold. This is a global/international c...")
• 23:47, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Meebits.jpg
• 23:47, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Meebits.jpg
• 23:47, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Rari Capital Hack (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/raricapitalhack.php}} thumb|Rari CapitalThe Rari Capital hack is the latest attack among many increasingly sophisticated attacks occurring in the DeFi space. The platform, as well as Alpha Finance, were both audited smart contracts. The good news in this case is that the community came together to assist those who were affected by the hack, with developers giving up their...")
• 23:47, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Iron Finance Irony (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/ironfinanceirony.php}} thumb|Iron FinanceIron Finance had a couple of liquidity pools which had incorrect "adopted weighted constant product invariants" which caused an attacker to be able to exploit the error and drain funds from the pools. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About Iron Finance == Iron Finance offers "a Partially-col...")
• 23:46, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Value DeFi Fire Sale (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/valuedefifiresale.php}} thumb|Value DeFiValueDeFi had previous issues in August 2020, November 2020, and again 2 days prior. They haven't yet proposed compensation for this latest attack. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About Value DeFi == "Before rebranding, the DeFi space knew Value DeFi as YFValue (YFV). The project was inspired...")
• 23:46, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Tanabata Finance/Taba Finance Exit Scam (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/tanabatafinancetabafinanceexitscam.php}} thumb|Tanabata FinanceFeaturing a fake CertiK audit and naming itself after a large Japanese festival, Tanabata Finance burst onto the scene. The owner had built themselves a smart contract which enabled them to take all users funds, and luckily there was not a significant volume of deposits. This is a global/international case not...")
• 23:46, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Tabafinance.jpg
• 23:46, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Tabafinance.jpg
• 23:46, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Value DeFi On Sale Again (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/valuedefionsaleagain.php}} thumb|Value DeFiValueDeFi was previously breached in November 2020, which was actually their second issue, since they had another issue where funds were at risk in August 2020. Their solution was to mint additional tokens, which would obviously devalue the tokens. They plan to offset that by minting more tokens. This is a global/international cas...")
• 23:46, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page BitBuy Korea Exit Scam (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/bitbuykoreaexitscam.php}} BitBuy Korea launched a platform using similar branding to BitBuy (an exchange in Canada), and offering 500x leverage. The company was unregistered in South Korea and the website later closed down without providing depositors back their funds. This exchange or platform is based in South Korea, or the incident targeted people primarily in South Korea. == About BitBuy Kor...")
• 23:45, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Coinbase Phishing Attacks (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/coinbasephishingattacks.php}} thumb|CoinbaseCoinbase is one of the leading crptocurrency exchange platforms in the United States. Around the timeframe of April-May 2021, scammers started launching phishing attacks targetting Coinbase users. In these schemes, the scammers would scare the user into believing that their account had been breached. When the user tried to restore t...")
• 23:45, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Spartan Protocol Hack (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/spartanprotocolhack.php}} thumb|Spartan ProtocolSpartan Protocol is yet another audited smart contract that did something stupid. A lot of people lost a lot of money in this case. It appears that the Spartan community has plans forward to rebuild through a new token, with the old tokens swapped one for one with the new tokens. This is a global/international case not...")
• 23:45, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Spartanprotocol.jpg
• 23:45, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Spartanprotocol.jpg
• 23:45, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Vine Protocol Airdrop Scam (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/vineprotocolairdropscam.php}} thumb|Vine ProtocolVine Protocol created a nice whitepaper, website, and proposed to launch a new decentralized finance platform. If you performed some steps, you were supposedly set up to receive 500 of the free VINE tokens. However, when it came time to actually launch, they asked people to send 0.1BNB in order to receive the airdrop, whi...")
• 23:44, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Vineprotocol.jpg
• 23:44, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Vineprotocol.jpg
• 23:44, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page HotBit Downtime and Privacy Breach (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/hotbitdowntimeandprivacybreach.php}} thumb|HotBitThe Hotbit exchange was attacked, putting $14m in hot wallet assets at risk. In this case, the situation was lucky because the risk control system kicked in to prevent the theft and funds were moved to cold storage before the attacker could steal them. This exchange or platform is based in China, or the incident targeted people...")
• 23:44, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Hotbit.jpg
• 23:44, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Hotbit.jpg
• 23:44, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page DelicacyDefi Rug Pull (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/delicacydefirugpull.php}} thumb|DelicacyDefiThe anonymous developers behind DelicacyDefi launched a new smart contract hot wallet, complete with an innovative new backdoor. Despite lacking an audit, it appears many added liquidity here. It appears that liquidity was withdrawn on April 27th. The website and social media appear to have been deleted. This is a global/int...")
• 23:43, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Knights Defi Lottery Bug Fixed (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/knightsdefilotterybugfixed.php}} thumb|Knights DefiThe Knights Defi smart contract included a lottery. While the lottery was not actively running, the smart contract was still live and there were still some funds sitting in a smart contract hot wallet. Due to having a bug bounty program, a white hat hacker uncovered the issue and claimed the reward. The contract funds wer...")
• 23:43, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Knightsdefi.jpg
• 23:43, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Knightsdefi.jpg
• 23:43, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page PantherSwap Lottery Bug Fixed (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/pantherswaplotterybugfixed.php}} thumb|PantherSwapThe PancakeSwap smart contract included a lottery. While the lottery was not actively running, the smart contract was still live and there may have been funds in the smart contract hot wallet. Due to having a bug bounty program, a white hat hacker uncovered the issue and claimed the reward. The PantherSwap smart contract w...")
• 23:43, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Pantherswap.jpg
• 23:43, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Pantherswap.jpg
• 23:42, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page ApeSwap Lottery Bug Fixed (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/apeswaplotterybugfixed.php}} thumb|ApeSwapThe ApeSwap smart contract included a lottery. While the lottery was not actively running, the smart contract was still live and there were still funds sitting in a smart contract hot wallet. Due to having a bug bounty program, a white hat hacker uncovered the issue and claimed the reward. The contract funds were withdrawn. This is a...")
• 23:42, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Apeswap.jpg
• 23:42, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Apeswap.jpg
• 23:42, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page PancakeSwap Lottery Bug Fixed (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/pancakeswaplotterybugfixed.php}} thumb|PancakeSwapThe PancakeSwap smart contract included a lottery. While the lottery was not actively running, the smart contract was still live and there were still $700k sitting in a smart contract hot wallet. Due to having a bug bounty program, a white hat hacker uncovered the issue and claimed the reward. The contract funds were withd...")
• 23:42, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Uranium Finance Hack (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/uraniumfinancehack.php}} thumb|Uranium FinanceThe Uranium Finance smart contract upgraded their code base, modified in a way which added an exploit. Either this happened on purpose by one member of their team and wasn't noticed, or it happened by accident. Given the history of having two hacks in the same month, and the nature of the code being modified to specifically...")
• 23:42, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page VeBitcoin Shuts Down (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/vebitcoinshutsdown.php}} thumb|VeBitcoinThere is a significant difference between the simple protection layer provided by BitGo and a multi-signature wallet which requires the authorization of multiple exchange operators. In addition, the BitGo wallet was an online hot wallet. Finally, it appears that the exchange may have been operating fractionally. There is little evidenc...")
• 23:41, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Vebitcoin.jpg
• 23:41, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Vebitcoin.jpg
• 23:41, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Moose Money Never Launched (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/moosemoneyneverlaunched.php}} thumb|Moose MoneyMoose Money was a supposed yield farm launched by anonymous developers, suspected to be run by the same individual(s) as Mozart Finance. The team promised a large yield farm, and then rug pulled the day before it was supposed to launch. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About Moose Money...")
• 23:41, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Moosemoney.jpg
• 23:41, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Moosemoney.jpg
• 23:41, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Thodex CEO Flees Collapse (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/ceofleesthodexcollapse.php}} thumb|ThodexWhile The Thodex matter is still ongoing, it would appear that the vast majority of people involved have been released at this point. There is also no suggestion that others conspired to assist him in leaving the country with user funds. There is suggestion that Thodex was already in a challenging position, and may have in fact been oper...")
• 23:41, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Thodex.jpg
• 23:41, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Thodex.jpg
• 23:40, 25 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Moonhere "Fair Launch" Exit Scam (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/moonherefairlaunchexitscam.php}} thumb|MoonhereMoonhere used the right buzzwords, claiming to be a fair launch, audited, and incapable of rugging. Despite the warnings from CertiK, many participants even still denied the concerns. Shortly thereafter, $110k of liquidity was pulled from the contract. The website and social media are gone. This is a global/international case no...")