Meta Pets Hack

TOTAL LOST $709K
Low Rugpull

What happened

The contract deployer at:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x77d8cbef…82f0ff

Tokens were unfairly distributed in huge amounts between different EOA addresses:

1. Recipient: 0x80f

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xf9822c73…c72dd0

2. Recipient: 0x57c

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x0b2a54b3…d70c3a

3. Recipient: 0x6b2

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xc453b1e1…6104ae

4. Recipient: 0x3a3

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xc71960c2…77d9d2

Between contracts:

1. Recipient: token sale contract

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xc71960c2…77d9d2

2. Recipient: vesting contract

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x56bede5d…ae7292

The contract deployer added liquidity at:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xf6b2f700…f93b46

Token sale contract was used to distribute gathered ETH from the fundraising at:

https://etherscan.io/address/0xc6695f10…33d6a6#internaltx

ETH was transferred into 0xeaf EOA and the contract deployer's address.

The contract deployer added liquidity at:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xf6b2f700…f93b46

0x80f sold tokens at:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x7dad2876…245db4

0x57c sold tokens at:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x71973719…5f2b96

0x6b2 transferred tokens to the other EOA address, which sold them at:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x7240a1ea…a005ae

0x3a3 holds tokens on the address.

The final recipient of the stolen funds was the following address:

https://etherscan.io/address/0x839973ac…7056d7

Funds were deposited into Binance exchange wallet at:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xcd09f05c…5a8ae8

Case & protocol details

Classification Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gam
Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected asset / contract MP
Official Website metaapesgame.com/
Protocol Twitter/X @MetaApesGame

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