Celestia Hack

TOTAL LOST $209K
Low Rugpull

What happened

Quick Summary

TIA token was rugpulled by deployer, depleting liquidity pool and causing a loss of 208,853 USD.

Details of the Exploit

TIA is an ERC20 token trading on UniSwap. On Nov 1, 2023, the deployer performed an exit scam by selling a significantly large part of tokens and completely depleting the liquidity pool. The attacker then transferred the stolen funds to another EOA and distributed 114 ETH (worth 208,853 USD) to 60 addresses via Disperse.app.

Block Data Reference

Deployer Address:

https://etherscan.io/address/0xe3cD80B7…cf02A2

Scammer Address:

https://etherscan.io/address/0x4649F627…9f9527

Liquidity Removal Transaction:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x3d9a1f15…640445

Stolen Funds Distribution Transaction:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x84400074…056963

Case & protocol details

Classification Token
Protocol Type Canonical Bridge
Affected asset / contract TIA
Official Website celestia.org
Protocol Twitter/X @CelestiaOrg

Evidence & learning

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