Incident Overview
DDCX token was rugpulled for 148,019 $USD. The owner of the vault contract transferred $DDCX tokens to another EOA address that drained liquidity for the amount.
DDCX is BEP20 token trading on PancakeSwap and can't be confused with other tokens with the same token symbol. The owner of the vault contract moved roughly 10,000 $DDCX tokens to the EOA address which drained the liquidity. The token price dropped by more than 92% after the accident.
Scammer addresses:
https://bscscan.com/address/0x5e6b6888…dc785f
https://bscscan.com/address/0xe6f5f416…8c6b30
Tokens move transactions:
https://bscscan.com/tx/0xb7ea8ca1…241ecb
https://bscscan.com/tx/0xa2100e04…31abd3
Incident Report
Protocol Information
What the Attacker Needed to Succeed
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What Auditors Should Check
If you're auditing a protocol with similar architecture to DDCX, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (October 2022).
- 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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