DistX Hack

TOTAL LOST $198K
Low Rugpull ethereum

What happened

The contract deployer was holding unfair distribution of the tokens to the following addresses:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x163016f5…775ec1

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x573466be…bd65ae

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xa71c693d…5ab8f8

0xdf7:

- added the initial liquidity to the pair using funds from the presale:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x36c132ed…dc6d85

- funds for the initial liquidity were got from the external wallet which gathered them from the presale event:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x73df6020…b0fb0c

- the rest funds were transferred to the external wallet:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x5bfed01a…2f2a8a

- the liquidity was removed by this address:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x2e1b4acf…4fe5cf

0x6fa:

- sold tokens in multiple transactions:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x430e21ad…a72e20

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xcfd6b9c5…2abcdd

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x1b55571c…1ab129

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x4eabcaa1…7342a6

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x02fca546…fdce7e

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x9d2c7599…058c96

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x52774006…b4048a

0xc6b:

- collected funds and distributed tokens (presale)

Case & protocol details

Classification Other
Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected asset / contract DISTX
Official Website distx.io/
Protocol Twitter/X @distxio

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