Star Token Hack

Reported loss $518K
Other

What happened

Star Token was exploited via price manipulation, resulting in a loss of 517,684 USD.

Star Token (STV) is a BEP20 token traded on PancakeSwap. On August 26, 2023, an attacker exploited a vulnerability in STV's unverified smart contract by manipulating the price, ultimately profiting by a total of 517,684 USD. The attacker took most of the stolen funds and deposited them into TornadoCash, while the remaining 119,902 USDT was transferred to another externally owned account (EOA) and remains at that address as of August 29, 2023.

Attackers Addresses:

Address 0x4b44…d8C3

Address 0xF037…0B04

Funds Holder as of August 29, 2023:

Address 0x011c…5c75

Malicious Transaction:

Tx 0xf2a0…0c12

TornadoCash Deposit Transaction:

Tx 0x3ca5…a553

Protocol details

Classification Token
Protocol Type Exploit/Other
Affected asset / contract STV

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