{"id":170044,"date":"2023-10-07T17:56:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T12:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=170044"},"modified":"2023-10-07T17:56:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T12:26:39","slug":"galxe-website-compromised-balancer-hackers-likely-responsible-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/galxe-website-compromised-balancer-hackers-likely-responsible-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Galxe Website Compromised, Balancer Hackers Likely Responsible &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Galxe, a Web3 credential project, instructed users not to interact with the platform following a security breach on its website.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Meanwhile, on-chain sleuth ZachXBT says the hackers are likely the same as the rogue actors that recently attacked Balancer\u2019s front end.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Galxe reported the security incident via its official X handle on October 6, asking users not to visit the compromised site until the issue was resolved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8Update: We\u2019ve detected a security breach affecting the DNS record for \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yxdPH0SijN\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">https:\/\/t.co\/yxdPH0SijN<\/a>\u201d through our Dynadot account. Please refrain from visiting the site from all channels while we are resolving the issue. Your safety remains our utmost priority.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Galxe (@Galxe) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Galxe\/status\/1710318639381881280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">October 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">The project previously <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Galxe\/status\/1710305141016944654?s=19\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">informed<\/a> users that its website was down and advised against not connecting their wallets, or if connected, to immediately disconnect and also refrain from signing any transaction.<\/li>\n<li>While the platform does not yet state the level of financial damage, Galxe\u2019s warning might be a little late, as several users already reported stolen funds.<\/li>\n<li>According to on-chain sleuth ZachXBT, the hacker has started moving funds to an address while also stating that they might be the same ones who attacked Balancer\u2019s front end.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 Attention Community! At the moment, the Galxe website is down and we\u2019re working on repairing the issue. Please do not connect your wallet to Galxe for the timebeing.<\/p>\n<p>The issue will be resolved shortly, thank you for your patience!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Galxe (@Galxe) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Galxe\/status\/1710305141016944654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">October 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">As previously <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/balancer-reportedly-loses-over-240k-following-frontend-attack\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">reported<\/a> by <em>CryptoPotato<\/em>, Balancer asked users not to interact with its interface, as it was under attack. Shortly after the warning, the hacker stole about $238,000. The Ethereum-based decentralized protocol <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/balancer-says-frontend-hack-resulted-from-a-social-engineering-attack\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">later revealed<\/a> that the incident was a result of a social engineering attack.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Galxe is a Web3 protocol used to run interactive campaigns for crypto giveaways and airdrops. 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Meanwhile, on-chain sleuth ZachXBT says the hackers are likely the same as the rogue actors that recently attacked Balancer\u2019s front end. Galxe reported the security incident via its official X handle on October 6, asking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-170044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170044"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170046,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170044\/revisions\/170046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}