Mixin Network Hack
What happened
Mixin Network was exploited due to a cloud service vulnerability, resulting in a loss of $142,041,764 in digital assets across Ethereum and Bitcoin chains.
Mixin Network is a decentralized network for transferring digital assets. On September 23, 2023, the network was exploited due to a cloud service vulnerability. The attacker managed to steal funds from multiple addresses on both the Ethereum and Bitcoin chains.
The stolen funds were then swapped to DAI and Ethereum on the attacker's wallets on the Ethereum network, totaling approximately $118.66M as of September 26th. In the Bitcoin chain, the attacker accumulated 891 BTC, worth around $23,381,764. The total loss across both chains was approximately $142,041,764.
Funds Holders as of Sep 26, 2023:
- https://etherscan.io/address/0x3B5fb9d9…20041e
- https://etherscan.io/address/0x52E86988…13104c
- https://etherscan.io/address/0xB5d631A7…67Eafa
- https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/bc1qq7uefmz6nng5c4dzs9mwrxxyh9sxg5cjg85hesf
Funds Transfer Transaction Examples:
- https://blockstream.info/tx/4354e56e2164fb4c67f64c551cfafc5b23a80d60d6a3045186c73dd77b2f8615
- https://etherscan.io/tx/0xb702128a…efa530
Case & protocol details
Evidence & learning
Sources and on-chain records
- report Report twitter.com
- analysis Web Archive archive.ph
- analysis Website reference twitter.com
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