Nft Trader Hack
What happened
NFT Trader platform exploited via reentrancy attack, resulting in the loss of NFTs and 481,888 USD worth 210.8 ETH.
NFT Trader, a trading platform for NFTs, was exploited on Dec 16, 2023, through a reentrancy attack. The vulnerability was in the project's old smart contract, which had approvals of user funds. The attacker stole various NFTs, including Bored Ape Yacht Club, Mutant Ape Yacht Club, and World of Women.
The APE tokens were swapped for ETH and then deposited into TornadoCash. The attacker communicated with the project via on-chain messages, expressing their willingness to return the stolen NFTs, which were eventually returned to the project. The total loss amounted to 481,888 USD worth 210.8 ETH.
Attacker Addresses:
https://etherscan.io/address/0x909F2159…478fda
https://etherscan.io/address/0xd717b85b…43cdf0
Malicious Contract Address:
https://etherscan.io/address/0xc446e0a1…4d6ebb
Malicious Transactions:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x18f21648…7d9c39
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x11bb6c85…13a3cc
Funds Draining Transactions:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x3d79e70d…f0526d
https://etherscan.io/tx/0xf31333bd…71112a
TornadoCash Deposit Transaction:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x7d64e9b4…a99222
On-chain Message from Attacker:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0xc2f91dba…8d9391
Case & protocol details
Evidence & learning
Attack pattern
Compare incidents →Sources and on-chain records
- report Report twitter.com
- analysis Web Archive archive.ph
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