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Monerujo Wallet User Drains Monero’s CCS Wallet: Report

Published 11/05/2023, 03:20 PM
Updated 11/05/2023, 03:45 PM
Monerujo Wallet User Drains Monero’s CCS Wallet: Report
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  • Monero’s Community Crowdfunding System (CCS) wallet was exploited and drained on September 1.
  • Till September 1, the wallet held a total balance of 2,675.73 XMR, worth $460,000.
  • Moonstone Research identified that the exploitation was done by a Monerujo wallet user with the PocketChange feature.

In a sudden turn of events, the decentralized community-driven project Monero revealed its Community Crowdfunding System’s (CCS) wallet exploitation that occurred on September 1, 2023. As per reports, the attacker drained the wallet in nine transactions, accumulating its entire balance accounting for 2,675.73 XMR, worth $460,000.

Chinese crypto reporter Colin Wu took to his official X page, Wu Blockchain, to share insights on Monero’s CCS hack, the source of which remains a mystery. The reporter also reflected on the blockchain security firm SlowMist’s assumption that the vulnerability is a “loophole in the Monero privacy model.”

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