Exploiting the Profanity Flaw

On 20 Sep 2022, a tweet indicated that Wintermute had been hacked for ~$160M . One day after, in a follow-up tweet, the victim stated that the attack was linked to Profanity-type exploit. After some preliminary research, we were able to see that the victim’s EOA account 0x0000000fe6a514a32abdcdfcc076c85243de899b was compromised (i.e., the hacker controlled the private key of it). Moreover, the vanity address with seven leading zeros was generated by an

Amber Group Launches Amber Labs and Amber Eco Fund; Leads Next Generation of Crypto & Web3 Innovation

The two programs aim to provide emerging ventures and projects with capital funding as well as the platform, network and tools for sustainable growth and success