Hu Tao Spirit Soother Rug Pull

Reported loss $300K
Rugpull

What happened

Quick Summary

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

Details of the Exploit

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.

Block Data Reference

Ethereum:

Deployer Address:

Address 0x3B90…Cf98

Scammer Addresses:

Address 0xdd53…c862

Address 0x13ef…0c5b

Liquidity Removal Transaction:

Tx 0x4c83…41e5

TornadoCash Deposit Transaction:

Tx 0xcce9…4ba2

CoinTool Distribution Transactions:

Tx 0x3f07…babe

Tx 0xa9ba…6821

Protocol details

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

Evidence

Same attack technique

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