stoicDAO Hack

TOTAL LOST $205K
Low Rugpull

What happened

The ZETA token was rugpulled , the scammer sold 91.63 WETH worth of tokens, removing liquidity from the UniSwap pool.

ZETA is an ERC20 token trading on UniSwap. The scammer, with the alias "zetastaking.eth", received 100M ZETA tokens from the deployer on Nov 23, 2023. On Dec 11, 2023, the scammer removed liquidity worth 204,746 USD (91.63 WETH) from the LP pool.

Part of the stolen funds was transferred to another EOA and withdrawn through a chain of several addresses to the MEXC exchange, while another part remains in the scammer's address.

Deployer Address:

https://etherscan.io/address/0x27AD0499…7D8a0B

Scammer Address:

https://etherscan.io/address/0x3f73d163…77e7dE

Liquidity Removal Transaction:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xe16c121d…8c68c4

Funds Holder as of Dec 12, 2023:

https://etherscan.io/address/0xc9825436…5aFDd5

Token sending transaction from deployer to the scammer:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xa88ce6ef…58b59c

Case & protocol details

Classification Token
Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected asset / contract ZETA
Official Website www.stoicdao.io
Protocol Twitter/X @stoic_dao

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