Star Token Hack

TOTAL LOST $518K
Low Other

What happened

Quick Summary

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

Details of the Exploit

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.

Block Data Reference

Attackers Addresses:

https://bscscan.com/address/0x4b44B52E…b6d8C3

https://bscscan.com/address/0xF037A9F7…370B04

Funds Holder as of August 29, 2023:

https://bscscan.com/address/0x011c1a98…a25c75

Malicious Transaction:

https://bscscan.com/tx/0xf2a0c957…a30c12

TornadoCash Deposit Transaction:

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x3ca50ae3…f4a553

Case & protocol details

Classification Token
Protocol Type Chain
Affected asset / contract STV
Official Website fasttoken.com/
Protocol Twitter/X @fasttoken_com

Evidence & learning

Sources and on-chain records

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