Incident Overview
On the 15th of April Hepton on the BSC chain was rugged for approx 73k USD.
The team responsible for managing liquidity in the Hepton protocol executed a liquidity removal scam, causing the project to suffer significant losses. The contract deployer removed a significant amount of liquidity pool (LP) and sold off the token, leading to a sharp drop of around 90% in its initial price.
Scammer:
https://bscscan.com/address/0x3da39c75…baa5b3
Liquidity removal:
https://bscscan.com/tx/0x1f9c5ba1…cbe714
Incident Report
Protocol Information
Market Context at Time of Hack
What the Attacker Needed to Succeed
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What Auditors Should Check
If you're auditing a protocol with similar architecture to Hepton token, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (April 2023).
- 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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