Narwhal Hack

TOTAL LOST $1.6M
Medium Other

What happened

NRW token on Pancake Swap exploited, resulting in a loss of 1,563,286 USD.

NRW is a BEP-20 token trading on Pancake Swap. On Jan 5-6, 2024, the token's contract was exploited in two transactions. It is suspected that the signer's private key was compromised or the information was forged.

The attacker called the withdraw() function and passed in the signer info. The stolen funds were transferred to other EOAs and contracts, and later withdrawn through Stargate Finance.Total loss was 1,563,286 USD.It is suspected,that it was an unintentional exploit.

Attacker Addresses:

https://bscscan.com/address/0x9481b7c8…FFcC30

https://bscscan.com/address/0xEa55BAEF…50E568

Malicious Transactions:

https://bscscan.com/tx/0xdae78f80…11eb2a

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x3d0cd7be…eadd9c

Token Creator Address:

https://bscscan.com/address/0x6eAC0885…435bb7

Case & protocol details

Classification Token
Protocol Type Exploit/Other
Affected asset / contract NRW
Official Website unmarshal.io/
Protocol Twitter/X @Narwhal_fyi

Evidence & learning

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