Security Incident · ETH Ecosystem
dYdX DNS Attack: $31.00K Reported Loss
On July 23, the dydx.exchange domain was discovered to have been compromised.
- Reported loss
- $ 31,000
- Attack category
- DNS Attack
Incident Overview
The attacker changed the DNS Nameservers from Cloudflare to DDoS-Guard. The attacker also successfully removed the DNSSEC settings on the domain. The attacker hosted a malicious site which requested that any connected wallets transfer ETH and other ERC20 tokens to the attacker’s Ethereum address. Two users were affected, resulting in a loss of approximately $31,000.
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