A hot wallet operated by 79thVault on BNB Chain appears to have been compromised in what Odaily described as a suspected private key leak, with losses estimated at roughly $12.5 million. According to the report, the team normally used the wallet only for small transfers into a rewards pool, making the recent activity stand out from its usual pattern.
On-chain movements cited in the report show the address sending a total of 2.01 million 79AU from the trading pair to an external address in seven transactions. The individual transfers were 10,000, 100,000, 100,000, 300,000, 500,000, 500,000 and 500,000 tokens.
The attacker then sold the 79AU back into the same trading pair through around 95 swap transactions. That activity reduced the pool’s USDT reserves from $15.2 million to $3.9 million and cashed out 16,249 BNB, worth about $12.5 million. Odaily also said the operating key later sent another 3.79 BNB to the same external address, while an additional 500,000 79AU was transferred to other addresses.
A hot wallet operated by 79thVault on BNB Chain appears to have been compromised in a suspected private key leak, with losses of about $12.5 million, according to Odaily.
The team had typically used that hot wallet only for small transfers into a rewards pool. Recent on-chain activity showed the address moving 2.01 million 79AU from the trading pair to an external address in seven transactions: 10,000, 100,000, 100,000, 300,000, 500,000, 500,000 and 500,000 tokens.
The attacker then sold the 79AU back into the same trading pair through roughly 95 swaps. The pool’s USDT reserves fell from $15.2 million to $3.9 million, while the attacker cashed out 16,249 BNB, or about $12.5 million.
Odaily added that the operating key later transferred another 3.79 BNB to the same external address, and a separate 500,000 79AU was sent to other addresses.
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