Ethereum Hive Hack
What happened
EthereumHive project exploited, resulting in the loss of 744 million EHIVE tokens worth 15,569 USD (9.32 ETH).
EthereumHive, a project running on the Ethereum chain, was exploited on August 21, 2023, through a reentrancy attack. The attacker used a rewarding issue in the EHIVE token's smart contract which allowed stakes with zero amount. They created multiple contracts and staked 0 EHIVE tokens from each of them.
By calling stake and unstake immediately in each contract, the attacker increased reward amounts, ultimately minting 744 million EHIVE tokens. These tokens were exchanged for over 9 ETH, equivalent to 15,569 USD. The stolen funds were deposited into TornadoCash.
Attacker Address:
https://etherscan.io/address/0x0195448a…234bb5
Malicious Transactions:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0xad818ec9…a511c1
https://etherscan.io/tx/0xd9156f50…642114
Malicious Contract Addresses:
https://etherscan.io/address/0x98C2e1E8…80B892
https://etherscan.io/address/0xE7d9a935…6Dcb84
TornadoCash Deposit Transaction:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x61bfbd48…af185d
Case & protocol details
Evidence & learning
Sources and on-chain records
- report Report twitter.com
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