LINEA Hack

TOTAL LOST $741K
Low Rugpull

What happened

Quick Summary

LINEA copycat token was rugpulled, the scammer removed liquidity worth 740,809 USD from UniSwap pool on Oct 25, 2023.

Details of the Exploit

LINEA is a copycat ERC20 token trading on UniSwap and can't be confused with the legitimate project. The deployer manipulated the token price by creating fake transactions and removed liquidity from the UniSwap LP pool, which also served as the token contract. The stolen funds, amounting to 740,809 USD worth 403.89 WETH, were transferred through the Tornado Cash mixer, making the funds difficult to trace.

Block Data Reference

Deployer Address:

https://etherscan.io/address/0x5Ac6737b…6DAC99

Liquidity Removal Transaction:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x4ab6ec87…6e4ced

Tornado Cash Deposit Transactions:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x7969c1a0…b8be03

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xe365eb79…9b1b00

Case & protocol details

Classification Token
Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected asset / contract L
Official Website linea.build/association
Protocol Twitter/X @LineaAssoc

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