Yu Xian: The "white hat negotiation" messages on the blockchain after the Yearn attack were fake and were actually a phishing attempt.

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02 Dec 2025 11:22:15 AM
Yu Xian: The "white hat negotiation" messages on the blockchain after the Yearn attack were fake and were actually a phishing attempt.
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SlowMist founder Yu Xian tweeted that the "white hat negotiation" messages appearing on the blockchain after the Yearn attack were fake and a phishing attack, consistent with the previous Balancer incident.

The attackers used the Railgun protocol to conceal their identities, prepared a low-gas address 28 days in advance, and successfully exploited it, ultimately transferring 1,000 ETH via Tornado Cash. The attacker's address currently holds approximately $6 million in crypto assets.