OBB Token Hack

TOTAL LOST $156K
Low Rugpull

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Affected Chain 2023 Incident surface
Recovered - No recovery reported
All-Time Rank #1384 By amount stolen
Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull Target category

Incident Overview

OBB token was rugpulled by the deployer for 156,063 $USD.

OBB is a BEP20 token trading on PancakeSwap. The token price dropped by more than 98% after an incident.The token was rugpulled by the token-deployer. The scammer removed liquidity directly from the OBB/USDT pool which is worth 156,063 $USD.

The funds were transferred to another EOA address, which swapped them for other tokens.

Scammer address:

https://bscscan.com/address/0xb54f89f5…e9a3fb

Liquidity removal transaction:

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x8375829b…70d5d0

Incident Report

Protocol / Project OBB Token
Date of Incident
Attack Technique Rugpull
Classification Token
Primary Source View Post-Mortem

Protocol Information

Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected Token OBB
Official Website www.huobi.com/en-us/
Protocol Twitter/X @HTX_Global
Team Anonymous
Source Code Verified On-Chain

Market Context at Time of Hack

Token Categories
Marketplace Centralized Exchange (CEX) Token Discount Token Payments Ethereum Ecosystem Kenetic Capital Portfolio Alameda Research Portfolio Multicoin Capital Portfolio

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 smart contracts and deploy a custom exploit contract
Protocol Analysis Identification of the exploitable vulnerability in OBB Token's contract logic - root cause: token
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 OBB Token, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (February 2023).

  • 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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