Hu Tao Spirit Soother Hack

TOTAL LOST $300K
Low Rugpull

What happened

Hu Tao Spirit Soother (HUTAO) rugpulled with 163.42 $ETH removed, a total loss of 299,831 $USD.

Hu Tao Spirit Soother is an ERC20 token trading on UniSwap. On July 29, 2023, the deployer conducted a rugpull by removing liquidity from the LP pool. The stolen funds were transferred to another EOA address and then distributed between multiple addresses.

Specifically, 30 $ETH from the stolen funds were moved through TornadoCash, while the rest were distributed via CoinTool. The total loss in this exit scam is 299,831 $USD, equivalent to 163.42 $ETH.

Ethereum:

Deployer Address:

https://etherscan.io/address/0x3B90E63E…40Cf98

Scammer Addresses:

https://etherscan.io/address/0xdd53bbcf…74c862

https://etherscan.io/address/0x13ef205d…8c0c5b

Liquidity Removal Transaction:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x4c839977…5e41e5

TornadoCash Deposit Transaction:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xcce99b88…424ba2

CoinTool Distribution Transactions:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x3f0745e9…1cbabe

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xa9ba1de5…806821

Case & protocol details

Classification Token
Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected asset / contract HUTAO

Evidence & learning

Sources and on-chain records

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