PEPEHUB Hack

TOTAL LOST $255K
Low Rugpull

What happened

Quick Summary

The PEHUB token recently experienced a rug pull incident, leading to a significant loss of approximately $255,000 in WETH.

Details of the Exploit

The project team behind the PEHUB token executed a rug pull by calling backdoor functions inside a contract which allows change accounts balances. After that tokens were swapped into WETH on the Uniswap V2 DEX. As a result, they successfully withdrew and transferred a total equivalent of $255,000 USD, distributing the funds across four different wallets.

This sudden liquidity removal and token transfer event caught the community off guard, causing substantial financial losses to investors and holders of PEHUB token.

Block Data Reference

Contract Creator:

https://etherscan.io/address/0x87f60e57…600177

Malicious txs:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x1fff577a…a99263

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xc1d5cbe8…e583fc

Swap txs:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xb7a54b6f…5720ba

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x4f78b8cf…72a38f

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x32e481ee…9148c6

Case & protocol details

Classification Token
Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected asset / contract PEPEHUB
Official Website pepetrump.sbs/
Protocol Twitter/X @xpepetrump

Evidence & learning

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