Detail Analysis
Date:
Status:
Count:
January 13, 2018
Verified
1
Contributor:
zerofriction.io
KYC By:
KYC:
None
Audit By:
Audits:
None
Loss Amount:
400,000
Recovered Amount:
-
Currency:
Dollars, XLM
Key Indicators
Platform:
Type:
Category:
Method:
Data Sources:
Exchange
Assets
DNS/BGP
Extended Method:
Security breach, DNS hijacking
A DNS hijack has led to hackers withdrawing $400,000 worth of Stellar Lumen (XLM) coins from wallets hosted by Blackwallet.co without users’ permission. As multiple sources report, on Saturday, Jan. 13, attackers took control of BlackWallet’s hosting server, changing settings to allow code to run which automatically sent customer balances over 20XLM to an address under the hackers’ control. Almost 670,000 tokens are currently missing as a result of the attack, likely explaining XLM’s almost 23 percent dive over the past 48 hours.
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