ChainCatcher news, on-chain detective ZachXBT posted on X stating: "The SCALE, NTD, TPU, and OPSEC projects are all linked to the same person, Zopp0, who uses numerous KOLs shown in leaked messages to deceive traders. Zopp0 secretly pays others to promote OPSEC while participating in key decisions as an owner in private Telegram chats, including discussions about the lack of technical research. Earlier this year, I reported several KOLs promoting these AI GPU-related scams, as these scams dropped 90% in a single day. I have been monitoring these messages since April of this year, but ultimately never published them because when I previously warned people about the danger signals, I had to deal with angry token holders and well-paid KOLs. I believe now is a better time, as three of these projects have conducted Rug Pulls."

ChainCatcher news, on-chain detective ZachXBT posted on X stating: "The SCALE, NTD, TPU, and OPSEC projects are all associated with the same person, Zopp0, who utilizes multiple KOLs to harvest inexperienced traders.Zopp0 participates in key decisions behind the scenes as the owner of the OPSEC project, while paying others to act as 'spokespersons' and discussing technical shortcomings in private Telegram groups. Back in March 2024, ZachXBT privately questioned Zopp0, but he downplayed the concerns.Earlier this year, I reported several KOLs promoting these AI GPU-related scams, as these scams dropped 90% within a day. These KOLs include: CryptoGodJohn, TheCryptoKazi, Luke Belmar, Alex Becker, CryptoStasher, Crypto_TomTom.Since April 2024, I have been monitoring these messages, but ultimately never published them. I believe now is a better time, as three of these projects have conducted Rug Pulls."

ChainCatcher news, the Scroll ecosystem stablecoin project Essence Finance is suspected to have undergone a Rug Pull, with its stablecoin CHI dropping 93.94% to $0.06 in the past 6 hours, and over $20 million in collateral is suspected to have been removed. The last post from its official X was on September 11. The project's audit report is from FEI Protocol V2.

ChainCatcher news, the Solana ecosystem Memecoin SHAR launched last night, reaching a market cap of over $50 million, and then plummeting to a market cap of $3 million, a drop of 95%.On-chain detective ZachXBT tweeted that the Meme token SHAR on Solana involves a conspiracy group and KOL manipulation.In response, crypto KOL 0XSun stated, "I did accept a collaboration for this project, but the reason I chose to collaborate was that after reviewing the materials initially, I felt this project was relatively reliable and had profit opportunities, rather than just for promotional fees. Moving forward, on one hand, I will contact CLS and some friends who may have information about the project party to try to get the project party to compensate for the losses, and on the other hand, I will also try to avoid such collaborations. In the future, for any paid promotional collaborations, I will clearly state this to ensure transparency."Previous news reported that according to Lookonchain monitoring, an insider sold 500 million SHAR (50% of the total supply) in a single transaction for 19,620 SOL ($3.38 million), causing the SHAR price to plummet by 96%.

ChainCatcher news, according to Beosin Alert monitoring and early warning, as of September 25, the total loss in the Web3 sector due to hacker attacks, phishing scams, and project Rug Pulls in Q3 2024 has reached $730 million. Among them, there were 23 major attack incidents, with a total loss of approximately $430 million; 3 project Rug Pull incidents, with a total loss of about $4.24 million; and total losses from phishing scams amounting to approximately $295 million.In terms of the types of attacked projects, the highest losses were incurred by CEX, with 3 attacks on CEX causing approximately $297 million in losses, accounting for about 40.6% of all attack losses.In terms of losses by chain, Ethereum remains the chain with the highest loss amount and the most attack incidents. 21 attacks and phishing incidents on Ethereum caused losses of $348 million, accounting for about 47.6% of the total losses.Regarding attack methods, there were 5 private key leakage incidents in Q3, resulting in losses of $305 million, accounting for about 41.7% of the total attack losses, making it the most prevalent type of attack.In terms of the flow of funds, only about $16.9 million of the stolen funds have been frozen or recovered. The vast majority (approximately 78.9%) of the stolen funds are still stored in the attackers' on-chain addresses.Compared to the same period in 2023, the total losses due to hacker attacks, phishing scams, and project Rug Pulls in Q3 2024 have slightly decreased to $730 million (the figure for Q3 2023 was $889 million). Factors such as the decline in cryptocurrency prices in Q3 2024 have had some impact on the reduction of the total amount, but overall, the situation in the Web3 security sector remains grim. Among the more than twenty attack incidents in Q3, 18 were still due to contract vulnerabilities, suggesting that project parties should seek professional security companies for audits before going live.

ChainCatcher message, according to Cyvers Alerts monitoring, the project @ETHTrustFund_ on the Base chain (the account has been deactivated) experienced a Rug Pull, resulting in losses exceeding 2 million dollars (including 477 ETH and BRETT worth 488,000 dollars).

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by blockchain security audit company Beosin Alert, the total loss from various security incidents in May 2024 increased compared to April. In May 2024, there were over 27 typical security incidents, with a total loss of 154 million USD due to hacker attacks, phishing scams, and Rug Pulls, an increase of about 52.5% compared to April. Among them, attack incidents accounted for about 54.51 million USD, an increase of about 3.7%; phishing scam incidents accounted for about 97.4 million USD, an increase of about 754%; and Rug Pull incidents accounted for about 2.04 million USD, a decrease of about 94.5%.This month, there were 2 hacker attack incidents with losses exceeding 10 million USD: the gaming platform Gala Games lost 22.5 million USD due to private key leakage, and Sonne Finance lost 20 million USD due to a contract vulnerability. This month saw a significant increase in phishing scams, with multiple phishing incidents resulting in losses exceeding 1 million USD, including one address poisoning scam with a loss of 72 million USD. The number of crypto crime cases continued to rise this month, with several cases involving amounts exceeding 100 million USD.

ChainCatcher message, according to monitoring by Shield, the address 0xbA2b...6Ba0C has conducted multiple Rug Pulls involving fraudulent token pools of Scroll, ZKS, Ultiverse (ULTI), and EigenLayer (EIGEN), stealing approximately $420,800 worth of WETH.

ChainCatcher news, according to PeckShieldAlert monitoring, the fraudulent project Notcoin (NOT) on Ethereum has experienced a Rug Pull, with the token price dropping by 100%. Address 0xE0eB sold 1,645,040.6B NOT and obtained approximately 93.5 WETH, worth about $281,300.

ChainCatcher message, according to the monitoring by Shield, the Ethereum chain token PATTON is suspected of a Rug Pull, with the token price dropping by 100%. The address 0xB23b...9885 exchanged 123,820,343,872,779.28 PATTON for about 89.2 WETH (approximately $266,000).Note: This Rug Pull token has the same name as a legitimate project.

ChainCatcher message, data tracking platform MistTrack monitoring shows that the Hyperchain infrastructure layer ZKasino has started to transfer part of the Rug Pull funds, transferring approximately 3010 ETH to three different addresses.

ChainCatcher news, according to data tracking platform MistTrack, the Hyperchain infrastructure layer ZKasino for on-chain games has begun to transfer part of the Rug Pull funds, transferring approximately 3010 ETH to three different addresses.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain detective ZachXBT's monitoring, in the past month, 12 Solana presale meme coins were completely abandoned after raising over 180,650 SOL (approximately 26.7 million USD).ZachXBT suggests that any future projects initiated by these founders should be ignored.

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by Shield, the counterfeit token Empower AI (EMPAI) on the Ethereum chain has experienced a Rug Pull, with the token price dropping by 100%. A whale (0xE4808...f3bA) sold 1,000,000,000,000 EMPAI, obtaining approximately 66.44 WETH (about $237,500).Note: This Rug Pull token has the same name as a legitimate token.

ChainCatcher news, according to the monitoring by Shield, the counterfeit token Oasis AI (OAI) on Ethereum has experienced a Rug Pull, with the token price dropping by 100%. The deployer address 0x4f89...c2cc sold 1,603,040,020,640,000 OAI, obtaining 85.38 WETH (worth $301,600).Note: This Rug Pull token has the same name as a legitimate token.

ChainCatcher news, according to Beosin Alert monitoring and early warning, the total loss in the Web3 sector due to hacker attacks, phishing scams, and project Rug Pulls reached 778 million USD in the first quarter of 2024. Among them, there were 39 major attack incidents with a total loss of approximately 617 million USD; 43 project Rug Pull incidents with a total loss of about 75.5 million USD; and phishing scams with a total loss of approximately 86.24 million USD.The total loss in the first quarter of 2024 was about 778 million USD, a year-on-year increase of approximately 126% and a quarter-on-quarter increase of about 72%. The losses from hacker attacks were higher than any quarter in 2023. The total loss in February reached 422 million USD, making it the month with the highest loss in the first quarter of 2024.In terms of the types of attacked projects, gaming platforms have become the project type with the highest loss amount for the first time. Six attacks on Web3 gaming platforms caused a total loss of 365 million USD, accounting for 59% of all attack losses. In terms of loss amounts across chains, Ethereum remains the chain with the highest loss amount and the most attack incidents. Eighteen attack incidents on Ethereum resulted in a loss of 342 million USD, accounting for 55.4% of the total loss.In terms of attack methods, there were 13 private key leakage incidents this quarter, resulting in losses of 458 million USD, which accounted for 74.3% of the total attack losses, making it the highest proportion attack type. According to Beosin KYT anti-money laundering analysis platform monitoring, in terms of fund flow, most of the stolen assets this quarter were frozen and recovered. Approximately 303 million USD (49.2%) of the stolen funds were frozen, and 79.45 million USD (12.9%) of the stolen funds were recovered. In terms of audit status, the proportion of audited project parties among the attacked projects has increased.