Create 2024-02-01-Affine-Protocol.md

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Fact Checking Results

• Statement: In response to this breach, Affine Protocol, a provider of cross-chain investment and savings solutions on the Ethereum Mainnet, suffered a significant exploit on February 1, 2024, resulting in an $88,000 loss. ⚠️
  • Source: [February 1, 2024, 06:02 PM +UTC:** Affine Protocol reported about the exploit.](https://etherscan.io/tx/0x8b0cf1019933e0f8bd51ad29158c2cc11a21cef2f6771d997b561eb86be70d96)
• Statement: Losses amounted to 38.93 ETH worth $88,000 ⚠️
  • Source: None
• Statement: The incident was traced back to a smart contract vulnerability involving insufficient user data validation. ⚠️
  • Source: Smart Contract Vulnerabilities & How to Prevent Them - Hacken

Editor's Notes

• In the Timeline section, reformat the dates to match 'Month day, year, time PM UTC:'
• Fix typos and grammatical errors
• Improve wording for clarity

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• Allowed Headers: ## Summary, ## Attackers, ## Losses, ## Timeline, ## Security Failure Causes
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• Allowed Metadata Headers: date, target-entities, entity-types, attack-types, title, loss
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• Notes:
  • Date in metadata header: February 1, 2024 February 1, 2024 ✅
  • Target entity in metadata header: Affine Protocol Affine Protocol ✅
  • Loss in metadata header: $88,000 $88,000 ✅

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Fact-Checking Results

• Statement: Affine Protocol, a provider of cross-chain investment and savings solutions on the Ethereum Mainnet, suffered a significant exploit on February 1, 2024, resulting in an $88,000 loss. ✅
  • Source: https://neptunemutual.com/blog/how-was-affine-protocol-exploited/
• Statement: The incident was traced back to a smart contract vulnerability involving insufficient user data validation. ✅
  • Source: https://neptunemutual.com/blog/how-was-affine-protocol-exploited/
• Statement: Losses amounted to 38.93 ETH worth $88,000 ⚠️
  • Source: https://neptunemutual.com/blog/how-was-affine-protocol-exploited/
• Statement: The first malicious transaction occurred on February 1, 2024, 10:16:35 AM UTC. :warning:
  • Source: https://neptunemutual.com/blog/how-was-affine-protocol-exploited/
• Statement: Affine Protocol published an exploit Post-Mortem and remediation plan on February 13, 2024. ⚠️
  • Source: https://neptunemutual.com/blog/how-was-affine-protocol-exploited/

Editor's Notes

• The timeline section should use the correct date format "Month day, year, time PM UTC:". For example, "February 1, 2024, 10:16:35 AM UTC:" should be changed to "February 01, 2024, 10:16 AM UTC:".
• The timeline entries could benefit from more context and details about the events.
• Consider adding more information about the security measures Affine Protocol implemented after the exploit, if available.
• Double-check the accuracy of the hacker's Ethereum wallet address and the on-chain message transaction hash.
• Proofread for any grammatical or spelling errors.

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• Allowed Headers: ## Summary, ## Attackers, ## Losses, ## Timeline, ## Security Failure Causes
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• Notes:
  • The event occurred on February 1, 2024 based on the timeline in the text.
    2024-02-01
    The date metadata header matches the event date. ✅
  • Affine Protocol was the target entity affected by the exploit.
    Affine Protocol
    The target-entities metadata header correctly lists the affected entity. ✅
  • The exploit resulted in a loss of $88,000.
    88000
    The loss metadata header accurately reflects the amount lost in the attack. ✅
  • The entity-types metadata header correctly categorizes Affine Protocol as a DeFi lending platform. ✅
  • The attack-types metadata header accurately describes the incident as a smart contract exploit. ✅

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@evgenydmitriev
How to write the date correctly? February 1 or February 01

[evgenydmitriev]

February 1 is the correct format. Don't worry about the bot comments when it comes to dates/time. I noticed it often gives weird advice there. You might want to look into its prompt if you have time to fix it.

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Fact Checking Results

• Statement: Affine Protocol, a provider of cross-chain investment and savings solutions on the Ethereum Mainnet, suffered a significant exploit on February 1, 2024, resulting in an $88,000 loss. ✅

  • Source: https://neptunemutual.com/blog/how-was-affine-protocol-exploited/

• Statement: The incident was traced to a smart contract vulnerability involving insufficient user data validation. ✅

  • Source: https://hacken.io/discover/smart-contract-vulnerabilities/
  • Explanation: The search results confirm that the Affine Protocol exploit was traced to a smart contract vulnerability involving insufficient user data validation. Specifically, the vulnerable contract failed to properly validate user data coming from an untrusted source in a flashloan callback function, allowing the exploiter to manipulate the user data to trigger unintended contract behavior and steal funds.

• Statement: Losses amounted to 38.93 ETH worth $88,000 ⚠️

  • Source: None
  • Explanation: The search results mention that the Affine Protocol exploit resulted in a loss of assets worth approximately $88,000, but do not specify the exact amount lost in ETH. I was unable to find any information verifying that the losses amounted to exactly 38.93 ETH, so this specific detail cannot be confirmed based on the search results provided.

• Statement: The first malicious transaction occurred on February 1, 2024, 10:16 AM UTC. ⚠️

  • Source: None

Editor's Notes

The article is well-structured and provides a clear summary of the Affine Protocol exploit. However, there are a few areas that could be improved:

1. The article mentions that the attacker's identity is unknown, but it would be helpful to provide more details about the hacker's Ethereum wallet address and any other relevant information.

2. The timeline section could be expanded to include more specific details about the exploit, such as the exact time of the first malicious transaction and any subsequent actions taken by Affine Protocol or the attacker.

3. The security failure causes section could provide more technical details about the smart contract vulnerability and how it was exploited.

4. The article could benefit from additional proofreading to ensure consistency in formatting and grammar. For example, the date format in the timeline section should be standardized to "Month day, year, time PM UTC:".

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• Allowed Metadata Headers: date, target-entities, entity-types, attack-types, title, loss
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• Notes:
  • The date header matches the date mentioned in the Summary section: February 1, 2024 2024-02-01 ✅
  • The target-entities header matches the affected entity mentioned in the Summary section: Affine Protocol Affine Protocol ✅
  • The loss header matches the loss amount mentioned in the Losses section: $88,000 88000 ✅
  • The entity-types header values "DeFi" and "Lending Platform" correspond to the target entity Affine Protocol. ✅
  • The attack-types header values "Smart Contract Exploit" and "Flash Loan Attack" match the type of attack described in the text. ✅

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