The Solana Foundation suffered a data security breach that affected thousands of wallets today. addresses affected by today's security breach were created or used within the Slope wallet.
The private key information was accidentally transmitted to an application monitoring service.
Though attack drained thousands of wallets, the Solana protocol itself remains secure.
Solana Foundation are performing internal investigations and working with external auditors to know more about the attack.
Source: https://cryptobriefing.com/solana-and-slope-confirm-wallet-security-breach/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/solana-foundation
"id": "sol1534121122",
"linkid": "solana-foundation",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "08/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Thousands of wallets',
'industry': 'Cryptocurrency',
'name': 'Solana Foundation',
'type': 'Foundation'}],
'attack_vector': 'Application monitoring service',
'data_breach': {'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Private key information'},
'description': 'The Solana Foundation suffered a data security breach that '
'affected thousands of wallets today. Addresses affected by '
"today's security breach were created or used within the Slope "
'wallet. The private key information was accidentally '
'transmitted to an application monitoring service. Though the '
'attack drained thousands of wallets, the Solana protocol '
'itself remains secure. Solana Foundation is performing '
'internal investigations and working with external auditors to '
'know more about the attack.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Private key information',
'systems_affected': ['Slope wallet']},
'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
'response': {'third_party_assistance': 'External auditors'},
'title': 'Solana Foundation Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Accidental transmission of private key '
'information'}