Fake ether.fi Hack
What happened
A fake token named Ether.fi ($ETHFI) has experienced a drastic drop of -100%. The deployer, identified as 0xa3b27...980D, executed a swap of 1,769,800,761,000,000 fake $ETHFI tokens, equivalent to approximately ~$354.1K, for about 88.56 Wrapped Ether (WETH).
The fraudulent token, Ether.fi ($ETHFI), witnessed a sudden and significant decline of -100%. The deployer of this fake token, with the address 0xa3b27...980D, conducted a swap transaction involving 1,769,800,761,000,000 units of the fake $ETHFI tokens. This swap resulted in the acquisition of approximately 88.56 Wrapped Ether (WETH), with an estimated value of around $354.1K.
Deployer:
https://etherscan.io/address/0xa3b27edc…30980d
Rug Tx:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x91889008…1801a0
Case & protocol details
Evidence & learning
Sources and on-chain records
- report Report twitter.com
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