{"id":496190,"date":"2022-09-26T22:43:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T19:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/crypto-approximately-1-million-worth-of-crypto-stolen-in-ethereum-vanity-address-hack\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T22:43:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T19:43:00","slug":"crypto-approximately-1-million-worth-of-crypto-stolen-in-ethereum-vanity-address-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/crypto-approximately-1-million-worth-of-crypto-stolen-in-ethereum-vanity-address-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"#Crypto: Approximately $1 million worth of crypto stolen in Ethereum \u2018vanity address\u2019 hack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40294d63efe\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span 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Dave<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCrypto_Approximately_1_million_worth_of_crypto_stolen_in_Ethereum_%E2%80%98vanity_address_hack%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Crypto: Approximately $1 million worth of crypto stolen in Ethereum \u2018vanity address\u2019 hack&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\">\n<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap crawler\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0001220245\" role=\"document\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" 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according to a blockchain security firm PeckShield, citing on-chain data from EtherScan.<\/p>\n<p> A \u201cvanity address\u201d is a cryptocurrency address with defined parameters created by the users of the address. These addresses are more vulnerable to brute force attacks because they\u2019re human-generated, instead of being a random string of letters and numbers created by a machine, something that<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/johguse\/profanity\/issues\/61\" class=\"icon none\"> <\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/johguse\/profanity\/issues\/61\" class=\"icon none\">GitHub users<\/a> discovered earlier this year.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       The hackers took 732 $ETH on Sep. 25 before moving the funds to the U.S. government sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeckShieldAlert\/status\/1574286302501306368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1574286302501306368%7Ctwgr%5E7af5fe7c0af7f8616827b2f66a2f65284487eccc%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdecrypt.co%2F110526%2Fhackers-nab-nearly-1-million-crypto-ethereum-vanity-adress-exploit\" class=\"icon none\">a tweet <\/a>from blockchain security company PeckShield.  <\/p>\n<p>The attack resembles a recent $160 million attack on Wintermute, a crypto market maker. <\/p>\n<p>Wintermute chief executive Evgeny Gaevoy <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvgenyGaevoy\/status\/1572134273875951617\" class=\"icon none\">tweeted on Sept. 20<\/a> that the attack on Wintermute was \u201clikely linked to the Profanity-type exploit of our DeFi trading wallet.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The hackers behind the Wintermute attack have yet to be identified, and none of the stolen funds have been recovered. The company has offered a $16 million bounty reward for the return of the funds. <\/p>\n<p>In a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.1inch.io\/a-vulnerability-disclosed-in-profanity-an-ethereum-vanity-address-tool-68ed7455fc8c\" class=\"icon none\">blog post<\/a> from Sep. 15 by decentralized exchange aggregator 1Inch Network, the authors state that additional exploits, similar to the one Sunday and Wintermute\u2019s last week, have yet to be uncovered. 1Inch Network told users to \u201ctransfer all of your assets to a different wallet ASAP,\u201d in the post highlighting how these exploits h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Anushree Dave\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Anushree_Dave\"><\/span>Anushree Dave<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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