Solana (SOL) wallet Phantom says the $4 million exploit that affected more than 8,000 users last week appears to have nothing to do with its infrastructure.
According to Phantom, an investigation into the hack has been launched. announced There is no evidence that the system was compromised during the exploit.
After almost a week of investigation, our team found no evidence that Phantoms systems were compromised in the August 2nd security incidentWe conducted a full internal audit. However, no vulnerabilities were found that could explain this user’s exploit.”
Last week, Solana wallets from several providers ran out of funds without users’ knowledge.
Malicious actors took home $8 million in what blockchain security firm PeckShield reported was a supply chain hack, or a hack in which an outside party with relevant information was compromised. rice field.
At the time, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko speculated that the exploit stemmed from a vulnerability within Apple’s mobile operating system, but reports that Android users were also hacked.
Phantom said two prominent third-party cybersecurity firms that investigated the event also found no evidence of vulnerabilities in their systems.
Top companies Halborn Security and OtterSec have also independently audited Phantom. So far, they have not found any issues that may have contributed to this incident.
However, cryptocurrency wallets say they found one common link between hacked users.
Some Phantom users were affected, but in each case we investigated, we found that they imported seedphrases/private keys to and from non-Phantom wallets.
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