{"id":296286,"date":"2023-02-07T10:10:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T10:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=296286"},"modified":"2023-02-07T10:06:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T10:06:05","slug":"cow-swap-said-it-suffered-no-loss-despite-166k-exploit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/cow-swap-said-it-suffered-no-loss-despite-166k-exploit\/","title":{"rendered":"CoW Swap said it suffered no loss \u2013 despite $166k exploit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol CoW Swap confirmed that it was exploited for $166,000 by a hacker who drained a settlement contract containing its protocol fees.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, blockchain analytical firm Nansen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nansenportfolio\/status\/1622809778656530434?s=20&t=QEjOPpdBHtkDKCiXuwS1Dw\">reported<\/a> that the exploiter stole roughly $180,000 \u2014 the funds were consolidated in two wallets containing at least $123,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/multi-collateral-dai\/\">DAI<\/a>, $50,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bnb\/\">BNB<\/a>\u00a0and $7,400 <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/ethereum\/\">ETH<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The exploit was first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MevRefund\/status\/1622793836291407873?s=20&t=tjG7GgBu9Nxkm5_QcgNVNA\">spotted<\/a> by blockchain surveyor MevRefund.<\/p>\n<h2>CoW Swap details exploit<\/h2>\n<p>The decentralized exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoWSwap\/status\/1622885833782054913?s=20&t=5WzfZDCZQiBLvHZIUKpbnA\">said<\/a> an external party that had access to its settlement contract had set approval to a &#8220;bad contract&#8221; 10 days ago.<\/p>\n<p>The hacker exploited this approval as the bad contract allowed anyone to transfer from the settlement contract.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s4\">Blockchain security firm PeckShield<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peckshield\/status\/1622801412727148544?s=20&t=tjG7GgBu9Nxkm5_QcgNVNA\">corroborated<\/a> CoW Swap's explanation. The DEX GPv2Settlement contract was tricked ten days ago to approve SwapGuard for DAI spending, according to the firm.<\/p>\n<p>The exploiter later triggered SwapGuard to transfer the DAI from the GPv2Settlement contract. Through this compromise, anyone could issue an arbitrary call on the contract.<\/p>\n<h2>CoW Swap said it suffered no loss<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the $166,000 exploit, CoW Swap said it is not suffering any losses as its solver's bond will pay for all damages.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Potential damages are capped at the weekly revenue of the protocol + are protected by the solver bonding pools.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The DEX added that none of its users' funds were impacted because it does not hold their funds.<\/p>\n<p>The protocol said all the approvals for the bad contract had been revoked, adding that no more malicious actions were possible.<\/p>\n<p>Users do not need to revoke approvals <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoWSwap\/status\/1622852472694796288?s=20&t=awEu6kISNnSbLvRsF3bIyA\">because<\/a> the hacker &#8220;cannot access user funds directly without providing an order signed by the user and giving them at least their limit-buy amount in return,&#8221; CoW Swap added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol CoW Swap confirmed that it was exploited for $166,000 by a hacker who drained a settlement contract containing its protocol fees. Meanwhile, blockchain analytical firm Nansen reported that the exploiter stole roughly $180,000 \u2014 the funds were consolidated in two wallets containing at least $123,000 DAI, $50,000 BNB\u00a0and $7,400 ETH. 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