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Published Sep 20, 2023 08:31PM ET Updated Sep 20, 2023 10:20PM ET

Balancer blames ‘social engineering attack’ on DNS provider for website hijack

The team behind Balancer, an Ethereum-based automated market maker, believes a social engineering attack on its DNS service provider was what led to its website’s front end being compromised on Sept. 19, leading to an estimated $238,000 in crypto stolen.

“After investigation, it is clear that this was a social engineering attack on EuroDNS, the domain registrar used for .fi TLDs,” the firm explained in a Sept. 20 X post.

Angel Drainer involved

Balancer’s website as of Sept. 20 at 10:22 pm UTC. Source: Balancer.

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Balancer blames ‘social engineering attack’ on DNS provider for website hijack

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