US EditionBONK.fun Relaunches After Domain Hijack, Confirms $30K in Losses
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BONKfun Recovers from Domain Hijacking Attack, Promises 110% Reimbursement to Affected Users
TLDR: BONKfun’s domain was hijacked via social engineering on March 11, targeting its domain registrar directly. The attack deployed a wallet drainer, causing approximately $30,000 in total user losses over one week. The domain was fully recovered on March 18, with the platform securely relaunching on March 19. BONKfun will reimburse all affected users at 110% of their losses to cover opportunity costs incurred. BONKfun, the Solana-based memeco…
Last week, BONK.fun's domain, the popular platform linked to Solana's memecoin, was hijacked. On Friday, the platform team announced that they managed to completely restore the website, further clarified that the incident was due to a breach in the external service provider and not a failure in the protocol. They also revealed that the losses for affected users due to phishing interfaces amount to $30,000. BONKfun is back and here’s what happene…
BONKfun Back Online After Domain Hijack, Moves To Compensate Users And Restore Trust
BONKfun is back up and running, but it’s been a rough few days getting here. The platform recently went offline after its domain was hijacked, leaving users confused and concerned about what had gone wrong. Now, the team has shared a clearer picture of the incident. The short version? It wasn’t a hack of their systems or code. Instead, it came down to a social engineering attack that targeted their domain service provider, something that’s becom…
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