SafeMoonX Hack

TOTAL LOST $25K
Low Rugpull

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

Classification Token
Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected asset / contract SFMX

Evidence & learning

Sources and on-chain records

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