Incident Overview
Easier token price dropped by more than 60% due to a rugpull. The deployer of the token is the same one involved in an exit scam on the macroeconomics ($MOC) token.
Easier is the BEP20 token, and can't be confused with many other tokens with the same $EAI symbol. $MOC tokens were minted to an EOA address, which swapped them for $BUSD and then for $EAI tokens in multiple transactions. The collected $EAI tokens were transferred to another EOA address, which sold all the amount for 165,549 $BUSD and distributed the amount between multiple addresses.
The total profit of the scammer reached 115549 $BUSD.
Scammer address:
https://bscscan.com/address/0xaeece9bc…e56fe7
Swap transactions:
https://bscscan.com/token/0x82b558c6…aba48c?a=0xaeece9bc…e56fe7
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 Easier, 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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