AirDAO reported a $1 million hacking of the platform
The community-managed first-level blockchain AirDAO was subjected to a hacker attack, as a result of which it lost 126.5 ETH (~$450,000) and 41.61 million AMB (~$512,000).
The AirDAO team has identified a theft of 35.2m AMB tokens and 125.51 ETH from our AMB/ETH Uniswap pool. We are working with exchanges and relevant authorities to identify the hacker and retrieve all stolen funds. If the hacker returns the funds immediately we will pay a white… pic.twitter.com/lGWrT6ZCWJ
— AirDAO (@airdao_io) March 21, 2024
According to the statement, the attacker withdrew funds from the AMB/ETH pool of the Uniswap decentralized exchange.
The specific vector of the attack remains undisclosed, but the AirDAO team reported that the hacker gained unauthorized access "through fraud in the field of social engineering", posing as a major partner of the project.
The perpetrator probably attached a malicious link to the email.
"It was an isolated theft of the liquidity pool. It will not affect the funds of users in the AirDAO blockchain or on exchanges, as well as on the multi—signature of the treasury," the representatives of the network noted.
AirDAO also offered the hacker a reward of 10% of the stolen funds for asset recovery. Otherwise, the blockchain team will contact law enforcement agencies to investigate the incident.
According to PeckShield, the hacker has already transferred the cryptocurrency to centralized exchanges, including MEXC, KuCoin and ChangeNOW.
#PeckShieldAlert @airdao_io has reported that they suffered a hack,resulting in the loss of 126.5 $ETH & 41.61M $AMB.
— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) March 21, 2024
The hacker has transferred the stolen funds to #MEXC, #ChangeNOW and #KuCoin https://t.co/W8rnC6oKeg pic.twitter.com/WLdvAlnbeg
SlowMist analysts added that some of the stolen funds were sent to Binance and BitMart.
Founded in 2022, AirDAO positions itself as a community-driven Web3 ecosystem of decentralized applications based on the Ambrosus Network blockchain network with the native AMB token.
Source: https://forklog.com/news/airdao-soobshhila-o-vzlome-platformy-na-1-mln
