Civilization Hack

TOTAL LOST $180K
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What happened

Quick Summary

Civilization, a decentralized hedge fund, was exploited, resulting in a loss of 96.73 ETH worth 180,474 USD.

Details of the Exploit

On July 08, 2023, Civilization's decentralized hedge fund was exploited through an Approval Related Issue in the CivTrade contract. The attacker successfully drained multiple types of assets including USDT, USDC, SHIB, BONE, LEASH, etc. Following these actions, the stolen assets were swapped for ETH and subsequently transferred to another EOA. Finally, the funds were deposited into TornadoCash, obfuscating the trail.

The total loss amounted to 96.73 ETH, equivalent to around 180,474 USD.

Block Data Reference

Attacker Address:

https://etherscan.io/address/0xc0ccff0B…0E4985

Funds Holder:

https://etherscan.io/address/0x01d4ebde…350880

Malicious Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0xc42fc0e2…e20d6b

Funds Withdrawal Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x9b9bbc95…d73a85

TornadoCash Deposit Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0xceb27e70…4adf59

Case & protocol details

Classification Other
Protocol Type Exploit/Other
Affected asset / contract CIV
Official Website civfund.org/
Protocol Twitter/X @CivFund

Evidence & learning

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