Pump Science, a decentralized science (DeSci) launch platform on Solana, has disclosed a severe security breach involving one of its wallet addresses.
The wallet’s private key, identified as T5j2UB…jjb8sc, was inadvertently exposed by a developer who embedded it in the platform’s codebase.
The error allowed attackers to hijack the wallet, leading to the unauthorized creation of tokens linked to Pump Science’s profile on the Pump.fun platform.
Fraudulent Token Creation
In a November 26 post on X detailing the incident, the Pump Science team clarified that while the compromised wallet was never intended for token deployment, the attackers used it to launch fraudulent Urolithin A (URO) and Rifampicin (RIF) tokens, which they later sold to unsuspecting users.
Additionally, the attacker exploited the wallet to manipulate token perception. They locked URO-B tokens in the wallet, making it appear as if Pump Science developers still held the assets. Following the ploy, they sold off th
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