EigenLayer ha emitido una declaración sobre el dent aislado que agotó una billetera individual de cerca de $6 millones en tokens EIGEN. El protocolo de participación Ethereum anunció que había completado las investigaciones sobre la liquidación no aprobada.
EigenLayer declaró que el dent no afectó la infraestructura interna del protocolo, incluido el sitio web de EigenLayer, los protocolos internos y los trac inteligentes de tokens. El anuncio también detalló que el dent no estaba relacionado con ninguna disfuncionalidad en la cadena.
EigenLayer enfatizó que la investigación se centró en un análisis exhaustivo del proceso de aprobación de transferencia de tokens del protocolo para dent cualquier vulnerabilidad que pueda resultar en un dent similar. EigenLayer también mencionó que la revisión del proceso de transferencia tiene como objetivo crear soluciones de mejora para minimizar los riesgos en el futuro.
Tras nuestro primer informe de este dent aislado que involucró a varias partes el 4 de octubre de 2024, se completó la investigación de este dent . El dent no afectó nuestro sitio web, ningún protocolo o trac inteligente de token, y no estuvo relacionado con ninguna cadena... https://t.co/3f0G1IyPJY
– EigenLayer (@eigenlayer) 29 de octubre de 2024
As a result of the investigations, the restaking platform announced new security and process measures. EigenLayer assured investors their funds would be locked up when they transfer their tokens to custodians.
The announcement extended gratitude to third parties such as ZachXBT, zeroShadow, and Cryptoforensic investigators. EigenLayer took part in the investigations and the law enforcement froze a substantial amount of the stolen funds.
EigenLayer had also contracted SlowMist, a blockchain security firm, to investigate the incident. SlowMist announced that the incident was caused by an external malicious attack. According to SlowMist, one of Eigen Labs’ investors experienced a phishing attack that caused a subsequent compromise on one of the investor’s employees.
The attacker managed to access an email thread between the custodian, the investor, and Eigen Labs, where the parties had conversations about transferring the investor’s tokens to a custodian. The malicious attacker then created lookalike emails posing as the investor and the custodian. Using the spoofed investor email, the attacker responded to the thread and sneaked in their address rather than the custodial address.
The attacker confirmed to have received a test transaction posing as the custodian, and the rest of the transaction involving 1,673,645 EIGEN tokens was executed without further confirmation.
“The attacker sold these stolen EIGEN tokens via a decentralized swap platform and transferred stablecoins to centralized exchanges.”
The attacker then swapped the EIGEN tokens to stablecoins through a decentralized swap platform and transferred the tokens to centralized exchanges. The security team at Eigen Labs contacted law enforcement and the DeFi platform, freezing a portion of the funds.
According to CoinMarketCap, EigenLayer’s native asset, EIGEN, has dipped by over 17% in the last seven days. EIGEN is trading at a price of $2.85 with a market cap of $531.2 million. The token surged to its all-time high of $4.53 at the beginning of October, but it is currently down by 38%.