LayerZero Hack

TOTAL LOST $1.0M
Medium Rugpull

What happened

LayerZero, a fake BEP20 token, was rugpulled on Aug 20, 2023, causing a loss of 1,045,094 $USD

LayerZero (ZRO) is a copycat BEP20 token trading on PancakeSwap. On Aug 20, 2023, the deployer removed liquidity from the LP pool. The token was advertised on a Russian-speaking Telegram group named KryptoAtom.

The stolen funds, amounting to 1,045,094 $USD worth 4,827.99 $BNB, were transferred through several EOA addresses and then swapped for $USDT. As of August 21, 2023, the funds remain at the scammer's EOA.

- Deployer Address:

https://bscscan.com/address/0x7Ee2fc5e…955aBE

- Scammer Address:

https://bscscan.com/address/0x2ebc576b…b72d5e

- Funds Holder as of August 21, 2023:

https://bscscan.com/address/0xa792a4ad…ad4d84

- Liquidity Removal Transaction:

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x098ed453…2aed67

- Swapping Transactions:

https://bscscan.com/tx/0xefa6247b…1b7352

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x1b63f44b…cf10d2

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x3f49c124…3948ff

Case & protocol details

Classification Token
Protocol Type Bridge
Affected asset / contract ZRO
Official Website layerzero.network/
Protocol Twitter/X @LayerZero_Labs

Evidence & learning

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