Incident Overview
A6 Token was rugpulled by the token deployer. The total scammed amount reached 60,852 $USD.
A6 is a BEP20 token trading on PancakeSwap. The token deployer started selling $A6 tokens aggressively and drained liquidity for 60,852 $USD. The token price dropped by more than 90%.
Incident Report
Protocol Information
Market Context at Time of Hack
What the Attacker Needed to Succeed
Understanding the prerequisites for this type of attack helps auditors identify protocols that are most at risk and helps developers build better defenses.
What Auditors Should Check
If you're auditing a protocol with similar architecture to A6 Token, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (October 2022).
- Verify all logic paths related to Rugpull are guarded by proper access controls and input validation
- Review privileged functions (owner, admin, governance) for potential abuse vectors - centralization risks should be documented and bounded with timelocks or multi-sigs
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