Profanity hacker transfers 2.5m DAI and 421 ETH after three months of inactivity

The wallet of the hacker labeled as the Profanity exploiter has transferred 2.5m DAI and 421 ETH to 0xc53 months after remaining dormant for three months. The hacker got away with $950,000 worth of et...

ParaSwap debunks claims of susceptibility to profanity address vulnerability

Multichain DeFi aggregator, ParaSwap has debunked claims that it suffered an exploit today, saying the suspected address had no power after deployment. ✅ No vulnerability found! Please check the facts...

Wintermute hack replicated on simple laptop in under 48 hours by exploiting Profanity flaw

Amber Group, a blockchain technology provider, replicated the Wintermute hack in less than 48 hours using a basic laptop. A report by the Amber Group stated, “We used a Macbook M1 with 16GB RAM to pre...

Profanity Vanity Addresses Suffer Another Exploit

Vanity addresses created using the Profanity vanity wallet address generator have suffered yet another hack leading to $966k in losses. The recent exploit follows a previous hack in similar fashion ta...

Profanity Exploit Continues as Hackers Drain Another 732 ETH From Crypto Wallet

A hacker managed to get away with 732 ETH worth around $950,000 from a crypto wallet. Interestingly, blockchain security firm PeckShield revealed that the theft was carried out via the same vanity add...

Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Hackers Drain $160M, Profanity Bug Suspected

UK-based crypto market maker Wintermute suffered a loss of approximately $160 million. In a series of tweets, the company’s founder and chief executive, Evgeny Gaevoy, revealed that the decentralized ...

Hackers drain $3.3M from Profanity wallets despite 1inch warning

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage 1inch Network, a decentralized exchange aggregator, had issued an alert about a vulnerability on Profanity, a generating tool for...

Hacker stole $3.3 million from Ethereum ‘vanity addresses’ created with Profanity tool

A hacker drained $3.3 million from multiple Ethereum addresses generated with a tool called Profanity, according to on-chain data from Etherscan. Anonymous security analyst ZachXBT first noticed the e...

Profanity tool vulnerability drains $3.3M despite 1Inch warning

Decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch Network issued a warning to crypto investors after identifying a vulnerability in Profanity, an Ethereum (ETH) vanity address generating tool. Despite the proac...

1inch Finds Vulnerability in Address Generating Tool Profanity

Several 1inch contributors recently discovered a vulnerability in Profanity. The Ethereum-based vanity address generating tool is one of the most popular names on the network. Usually, Ethereum users ...