Leaderboard
243All-time rank
NM
Nexus Mutual
Dec 14, 2020
$8.0M
Lost
$8.0M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$8.0M
Unrecovered0% recovered
Attacker gained remote access to founder Hugh Karp's computer and replaced his MetaMask extension with a malicious version. The compromised wallet was then used to sign and transfer 370,000 NXM tokens (~$8M) to attacker-controlled addresses.
The attacker later demanded 4,500 ETH ransom.
- Target
- DeFi
- Classification
- Frontend & Infrastructure
- Technique
- Key Leaked via Infrastructure
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Ethereum
Event timeline
- Dec 14, 2020Exploit executed — $8.0M drained via key leaked via infrastructure
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%