Wilder Hack

REPORTED LOSS $1.4M
Medium Access Control

What happened

Quick Summary

A contract affiliated with "zero name service" incurred losses exceeding $1.4 million in Wilder tokens due to a malevolent contract upgrade.

Details of the Exploit

The exploit entailed a malicious upgrade of the contract, leading to substantial losses amounting to over $1.4 million in Wilder tokens. Notably, the perpetrator's address 0x6584a486…758fa9 has been identified in connection with the attack. Funds from the victim's address are currently being directed towards Tornado Cash, indicating potential laundering efforts.

Block Data Reference

Attacker:

https://etherscan.io/address/0x6584a486…758fa9

Exploited proxy admin:

https://etherscan.io/address/0x6ca959fb…3a57c6

Example of drain TX:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x291ae90f…ae5574

Case & protocol details

Classification Gaming / Metaverse
Protocol Type Exploit/Access control
Affected asset / contract WILD
Official Website www.wilderworld.com/
Protocol Twitter/X @WilderWorld

Evidence & learning

Attack pattern

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Sources and on-chain records

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