aabbccddeefg
Attribution profile
- Type
- Hacker
- Location
- China
- Known incidents
- 1 incident
- Sources
- 1 source
- First seen
- 2018-09-14
- Last seen
- 2018-09-14
- Updated
- 2026-10-15 06:36
- Aliases
- 1 alias
STIX characteristics
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Profile narrative
The threat actor known by the alias aabbccddeefg, associated with China, carried out a financially motivated attack on the EOSBet gambling platform on 14 September 2018 by exploiting a faulty assertion statement in its smart contract ABI forwarder, withdrawing approximately 40,000 EOS (valued at $200,000) from the operating wallet. The actor also deployed follow‑on social engineering scams, sending messages from a look‑alike account that claimed legal action from China and offered fake reimbursements to trick users into transferring funds. The same ABI forwarder exploit was reported to have been used against other EOS‑based games, indicating a repeatable targeting of smart‑contract‑based gambling applications for monetary gain. No public attribution to a state sponsor or criminal consortium has been made beyond the actor’s China‑linked location.
Incidents
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1 incidentSources
Sources available to members: 1 source.