Hu Tao Spirit Soother Hack
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
Evidence & learning
Sources and on-chain records
- report Report twitter.com
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