Grateful to @RektHQ for publishing my Zunami Protocol investigation as the first in their new Case File series. Deployer-to-attacker contact, a 143-day staging chain through KYC exchanges, and fund flow to Coinbase and ByBit, all on-chain and verifiable.
Four exploits, $2.97M gone, and a deployer wallet that shouldn't have known the attacker existed. Three years later, a forensic investigator pulled the thread on @ZunamiProtocol. Five exchanges, an FBI filing, and wallets still moving in 2026.
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@usithetalk Based on my previous investigations into project exploits, where I traced some of the stolen funds to @MEXC, MEXC was the only exchange that responded promptly and took immediate action.
@zachxbt@usithetalk The crypto market is increasingly becoming driven by political ideologies. Every day, there's a new policy, while the real culprits remain protected. What a pity.
@zachxbt@0xfortizo The name of @ZachXBT is always on the TL when there is an issue but the name get rekt when there is a warning about a project or contribution. We all know what we are doing ๐
@zachxbt@aaakasei People tend to be honest when they have issues but immediately there issues get solved they are nowhere to be found. It is so sad that Bad actors are more beneficial than the white hat actors. One thing I know for sure ,the good deed also pay but it frustrating at times.
@zachxbt@bestnftseen It exhausting for how most project/organisation in the space overlook the effort of investigators/security developers. They don't care if everything is moving fine with them but once there's an attacks they all remember there is an existing investigators somewhere ๐
What if the real story behind the $8.2M Visor Finance exploit wasnโt the exploit itself?
I traced the money.
From pre-funding โ exploit โ Tornado Cash โ collector wallets โ Binance
@GammaStrategies@CertiK@FBIDirectorKash@pcaversaccio Hereโs the on-chain trail. ๐งต
@zachxbt@sentosumosaba@iTrustCapital DeFi projects do this a lot. Letโs wait and see what the two projects have to say. Am 100% sure they will denie the claim
@SpecterAnalyst@evilcos Imagine an attacker first emailed or DMโd the project, warning them about the vulnerability as a white-hat disclosure, but they ignored it. Some projects even insist everything is fine until the exploit happens.
At least, cases like this should serve as a lesson to other projects
EIP-4337 changed how USDC transfers can look on-chain.
The wallet paying gas isnโt always the user. If youโre still tracing transactions with the old โtx sender = actorโ mindset, you may be missing the real flow. Bundlers. Paymasters. UserOperations. EntryPoint.
EIP-4337 changed how USDC transfers can look on-chain.
The wallet paying gas isnโt always the user. If youโre still tracing transactions with the old โtx sender = actorโ mindset, you may be missing the real flow. Bundlers. Paymasters. UserOperations. EntryPoint.
Where are we heading? Every day, it feels harder to imagine a future without exploits. The world is evolving so fast, but many projects aren't keeping up with security standards.
Technology is moving forward, but security needs to move with it.