MinterPro Hack

TOTAL LOST $34K
Low Rugpull binance

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ChatGPT Perplexity Claude Grok
Affected Chain binance Incident surface
Recovered - No recovery reported
All-Time Rank #1807 By amount stolen
Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull Target category

Incident Overview

The contract deployer added initial liquidity multiple times, the example transactions:

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0x54a8d82b…16bc8c

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0xc80a76fa…9aa0fe

The contract deployer invoked mint() function to generate new tokens onto his wallet multiple times, the example transactions:

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0xc6e84ded…9f1685

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0xf893cc5b…ff93df

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0x5468bd8c…9af91f

The minted tokens were sold multiple times by the contract deployer:

https://www.bscscan.com/tokentxns?a=0x7f659509…a3c981&p=2

The liquidity was removed multiple times as well, the example transaction:

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0x35ce29dc…4ba660

The stolen funds were bridged to the Binance Chain via BSC: Token Hub by the contract deployer at:

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0x65b0f544…71ecf4

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0x1dc038a8…4c86e3

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0x0d6dbde0…0a370a

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0xd88dcf0c…071d97

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0x4b9e5893…f0c76c

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0x83d2edfb…092d06

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0xf2e467f2…78e955

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0x7e25ad9d…a10de0

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0xb3676b60…f552fd

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0x2c578e10…bf3eca

https://www.bscscan.com/tx/0x2255b828…a1f800

Incident Report

Protocol / Project MinterPro
Date of Incident
Affected Chain(s) binance
Attack Technique Rugpull
Classification Other
Primary Source View Post-Mortem

Protocol Information

Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected Token MINT
Official Website minterpro.vip/
Protocol Twitter/X @minterProtocol

What the Attacker Needed to Succeed

Understanding the prerequisites for this type of attack helps auditors identify protocols that are most at risk and helps developers build better defenses.

Technical Knowledge Deep understanding of rugpull and Solidity and EVM internals
Capital Required Seed capital to cover gas and initial position setup
On-Chain Access Ability to interact with binance smart contracts and deploy a custom exploit contract
Protocol Analysis Identification of the exploitable vulnerability in MinterPro's contract logic - root cause: other
Execution Speed Precise transaction ordering and timing to exploit the vulnerability within a single atomic block
Obfuscation Plan A strategy to launder and move stolen funds - typically through mixers, cross-chain bridges, or decentralized DEX swaps to resist tracing

What Auditors Should Check

Could this have been caught in audit? Hard to catch — private key / OpSec failures are outside smart contract audit scope

If you're auditing a protocol with similar architecture to MinterPro, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (January 2021).

  • Verify all logic paths related to Rugpull are guarded by proper access controls and input validation
  • Review privileged functions (owner, admin, governance) for potential abuse vectors - centralization risks should be documented and bounded with timelocks or multi-sigs

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