PlayDapp admin privileges hijacked, PLA tokens minted without authorization
PlayDapp's administrator privileges were hijacked, and 200 million PLA tokens were minted without authorization on February 10, 2024, followed by an additional 1.59 billion on the 13th. The company announced plans to recover the losses by blocking exchange deposits and withdrawals, freezing the hacker's accounts, and migrating to a new token. The decision to delist PlayDapp was subsequently made.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- PlayDapp
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- 2024-02-10
- Scale of damage
- A total of 1.79 billion PLA tokens minted without authorization
- Cause / method
- Hijacking of administrator privileges
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- 200 million PLA tokens were minted without authorization after administrator privileges were hijacked.
- An additional 1.59 billion PLA tokens were minted without authorization.
- PlayDapp announced plans to recover the losses by blocking exchange deposits and withdrawals, freezing the hacker's accounts, and migrating to a new token.
- The decision to delist PlayDapp came to light.
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