Incident Overview
Ara Blocks, an NFT project, was exploited via flashloan attack, causing a loss of 124,915 $USD.
Ara Blocks, an NFT project on the Binance Smart Chain, fell victim to a flashloan attack. The attacker exploited the project, resulting in a loss of 124,915 $USD. The stolen funds were then transferred to another externally owned account (EOA) which currently holds all the assets.
Attacker Address:
https://bscscan.com/address/0xF84efA8a…131366
Funds Holder Address:
https://bscscan.com/address/0xC8B5ecfA…6Ca0D1
Malicious Contract Address:
https://bscscan.com/address/0x98e241BD…6B04F9
Malicious Transaction:
https://bscscan.com/tx/0xd87cdecd…3023b2
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 Ara Blocks, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (June 2023).
- Verify all logic paths related to Flash Loan Attack are guarded by proper access controls and input validation - see the Flash Loans Attacks attack class for patterns
- 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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Free TrialRelated Attack Classes
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Sources & References
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