Condom Hack

TOTAL LOST $900K
Low Rugpull

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Affected Chain 2024 Incident surface
Recovered - No recovery reported
All-Time Rank #858 By amount stolen
Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull Target category

Incident Overview

Condom presale raised over $900k and performed exit scam.

On the 4th of April presale performed by the Condom token team was rigged with a profit of 4,965 $SOL. Social media were deleted as well.

Scammer:

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Incident Report

Protocol / Project Condom
Date of Incident
Attack Technique Rugpull
Classification Token
Primary Source View Post-Mortem

Protocol Information

Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected Token Condom
Official Website condobase.io/
Protocol Twitter/X @Condo_Base
Team Anonymous
Source Code Unverified

Market Context at Time of Hack

Token Categories
Base Ecosystem

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.

Technical Knowledge Deep understanding of rugpull and Solidity and EVM internals
Capital Required Seed capital to cover gas and initial position setup
On-Chain Access Ability to interact with smart contracts and deploy a custom exploit contract
Protocol Analysis Identification of the exploitable vulnerability in Condom's contract logic - root cause: token
Execution Speed Precise transaction ordering and timing to exploit the vulnerability within a single atomic block
Obfuscation Plan A strategy to launder and move stolen funds - typically through mixers, cross-chain bridges, or decentralized DEX swaps to resist tracing

What Auditors Should Check

Could this have been caught in audit? Hard to catch — private key / OpSec failures are outside smart contract audit scope

If you're auditing a protocol with similar architecture to Condom, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (April 2024).

  • 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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