Detail Analysis
Date:
Status:
Count:
Contributor:
February 3, 2022
Verified
1
zerofriction.io
Loss Amount:
1,900,000
Recovered Amount:
-
Currency:
Dollars
KYC By:
Audit By:
None
Haechi Audit
Website:
Twitter:
No data
Discord:
No data
Telegram:
No data
Medium:
No data
Github:
No data
Key Indicators
Platform:
Type:
Category:
Method:
Protocol
Dexes
DNS/BGP
Extended Method:
BGP hijack
Data Sources:
Hackers have stolen roughly $1.9 million from South Korean cryptocurrency platform KLAYswap after they pulled off a rare and clever BGP hijack against the server infrastructure of one of the platform’s providers. The BGP hijack—which is the equivalent of hackers hijacking internet routes to bring users on malicious sites instead of legitimate ones—hit KakaoTalk, an instant messaging platform popular in South Korea. The KLAYswap attack is different because it didn’t target KLAYswap itself, but the server infrastructure of KakaoTalk, a service the platform was using for marketing and as a way of communicating with users during tech support operations.
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