What happened
Boost Coin project rugpulled, deployer removed liquidity worth 593,267 USD directly from the token contract on Sep 06, 2023.
Boost Coin is an ERC20 token that experienced an exit scam on Sep 06, 2023. The deployer of the token used a privileged function, withdrawETH, to remove liquidity directly from the token's contract. The attacker removed 363.4 ETH, which is approximately 593,267 USD at current market rates.
The stolen funds were transferred through various EOA addresses before being deposited into KuCoin.
Deployer Address:
https://etherscan.io/address/0x413217Ac…6552eA
Liquidity Removal Transaction:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x68ee5c57…43d991
Case & protocol details
Evidence & learning
Sources and on-chain records
- report Report twitter.com
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