Match System: SafeMoon management may have been involved in the SafeMoon attack at the beginning of the year

Sean Thornton, an employee at security firm Match System, said SafeMoon's attackers mixed coins through CEX, which may help identify them. The smart contract vulnerability exploited by the attack did not exist in previous versions and appeared in a new update on March 28, the day it was attacked, leading many to believe that an insider was involved. On November 1, SafeMoon founders and executives were charged by the SEC with participating in a multi-million dollar international fraud scheme. Thornton said that the SEC's charges were not unfounded and that they had discovered information that may indicate that SafeMoon management was involved in the hacking that occurred. evidence. (Cointelegraph) According to previous news, Safemoon, a DeFi protocol based on BNB Chain, was attacked on March 29, causing its liquidity pool to lose nearly $8.9 million. The hacker then returned 80% of the $8.9 million stolen funds (approximately $7.1 million), leaving the remaining 20% ​​as a bounty.