Uniswap LP from phishing attack worth a total of $ 3.5 million in ether in ether

Uniswap LP from phishing attack worth a total of $ 3.5 million in ether in ether

Uniswap
  • A phishing attack has made a large provider of liquidity pools for around 3.5 million US dollars in ether
  • The hack is part of a much more comprehensive attack on the users of the protocol
  • according to the metamask security analyst Harry Denley

A hacker or a group of hackers that conducts a phishing campaign on a major uniswap of the V3 liquidity pool (LP) has taken away with NFT positions worth around 3,278 ether ($ 3,563,644).

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uniswapdie liquidity positions of are shown in the third iteration as NFTS, which enable users to use them as security to get a loan that is paid out in stable coins and blue chip assets.

All up to 70 ether ($ 76,900) were washed according to crypto mixing service tornado cash On-chain-daten of the address.

According to the Metamask security analyst, the victim seems to be part of a much more comprehensive attack that was aimed at around 73,399 addresses by sending a malicious token who acted under the wrong pretext as a university-airdrop to move users to sign Harry Denley

The exact amount of the campaign is not yet known. Blockworks tried to contact Uniswap but not receive an answer until the editorial deadline.

"A phishing attack that led to some liquidity pool nfts taken by people who approved malicious transactions." Uniswap founder Hayden Adams later confirmed in a Follow-up-up-tweet . "Completely separated from the protocol. A good memory to protect yourself from phishing and not to click on malignant links."

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao said late Monday that he spoke to him Uniswapda's team of and assured users that the protocol was "safe". "The attack looks like ... a phishing attack. Both teams reacted quickly. All well. Sorry for the alarm", the CEO tweeted .

The price of university, the native token of the protocol, fell by more than 11 % that day, from $ 6.29 to $ 5.56, as stock exchange data show.

Sam Martin contributed to reporting.


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