Gandalf The Grey Hack
What happened
Gandalf the Grey project was rugpulled, with a loss of 141 $ETH, equating to 266,238 $USD, through liquidity removal.
GAN is an ERC20 token, trading on UniSwap. The project fell victim to an exit scam as the token deployer removed liquidity from the pool. This action resulted in a loss of 141 $ETH, which was worth around 266,238 $USD at the time of the incident.
The stolen funds were transferred through a couple of EOA addresses. In addition, part of the stolen funds was distributed via CoinTool, adding another layer of complexity to the scam.
Scammer Address:
https://etherscan.io/address/0xb221582a…fc7de8
Funds Holder Address:
https://etherscan.io/address/0x9c5f9de4…96cbeb
Liquidity Removal Transaction:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x19e96c9c…9aac0b
Funds Transfer Transactions:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x4d5ea3ed…c94671
https://etherscan.io/tx/0xc2f7beb7…b6656d
Case & protocol details
Evidence & learning
Sources and on-chain records
- report Report twitter.com
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