Fantom Foundation Private Key Leak: $657.00K Reported Loss
On October 17, Fantom Foundation Telegram Community Administrator Jane stated that some of Fantom Foundation's hot wallet assets were drained due to a zero-day vulnerability on Google Chrome.
- Reported loss
- $ 657,000
- Attack category
- Private Key Leakage
Incident Overview
According to SlowMist's analysis of on-chain transmission methods and previous emergency response experience, this should be a case of private key theft, which may be the result of the Foundation or its employees being attacked by phishing, social engineering, and running malicious Trojan files, leading to the theft of some wallet private keys.
Sources & References
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