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Super Sushi Samurai Game Addressing Hack Incident
The development team responsible for the Telegram-based game announced that they are collaborating with an apparent white hat hacker to facilitate the return of funds to affected users following the theft of $4.6 million worth of tokens due to an exploit.
The hacker targeted the newly introduced game, Super Sushi Samurai, which had generated its tokens on the Ethereum scaling network Blast. Consequently, the value of its native token, SSS, dropped significantly in response to the exploit, which leveraged a token transfer bug within the game’s smart contract infrastructure.
A contract developer known as Coffee from Yuga Labs, operating under a pseudonym, disclosed on Twitter that the bug enabled exploiters to increase their token holdings by transferring their entire balance to themselves, effectively doubling it.
Security firm CertiK identified the exploit and categorized it as a white hat rescue operation on their official Twitter account. White hat rescues involve hackers exposing vulnerabilities within a protocol to demonstrate to the project’s creators the existence of potential weaknesses. Subsequently, the ethical hacker is typically rewarded and permitted to retain a portion of the misappropriated funds.
“We are actively engaged with the white hat individual to ensure the secure retrieval of funds,” Super Sushi Samurai stated via Twitter shortly after the incident. “Further updates and a postmortem analysis will be provided in due course.” The game’s development team has yet to respond to inquiries from Decrypt.
According to Cielo.Finance, which specializes in blockchain data analysis, SSS tokens were swiftly purchased following the breach. This practice is common among traders who anticipate the return of funds by white hat hackers, resulting in a potential increase in token value.
Game Overview
Super Sushi Samurai is a straightforward “idle” game hosted on the Telegram messaging platform, akin to the popular crypto gaming sensation Notcoin. Currently accessible only to players with a valid access code, the game involves animated warriors engaging in battles to earn token rewards. Additionally, players can acquire NFT land plots to participate in large-scale conflicts between different clans.
The game operates on the Blast Ethereum layer-2 network, which aims to enhance transaction speed and reduce costs compared to the primary Ethereum mainnet. Blast recently commenced its mainnet operation on February 29 but encountered a notable technical setback last week when block production temporarily ceased following the Ethereum network’s Dencun upgrade.
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