SafeMoonX Hack
What happened
SafeMoonX (SFMX) experienced a rugpull on Jul 26, 2023; deployer removed liquidity, resulting in a loss of 25,018 $USD (14.79 $ETH).
SafeMoonX (SFMX) is an ERC20 token trading on UniSwap. On Jul 26, 2023, the deployer removed liquidity from the LP pool via a privileged function using a malicious contract with verified source code. The stolen funds, amounting to 25,018 $USD worth 14.79 $ETH, were transferred through a couple of EOA addresses and currently remain at one of them.
- Deployer Address:
https://etherscan.io/address/0x892F10E3…A7fC93
- Scammer Address:
https://etherscan.io/address/0x9aF4D799…DaDFCf
- Funds Holder as of August 18, 2023:
https://etherscan.io/address/0xc1eff258…bce480
- Liquidity Removal Transaction:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x566e0693…04dbee
Case & protocol details
Evidence & learning
Sources and on-chain records
- report Report twitter.com
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