Wintermute Hack

Wintermute, an algorithmic market maker, was breached for approximately $162.5M due to a compromised private key—likely resulting from a vulnerability in the Profanity vanity-address generator—allowing the attacker to redirect funds via a privileged contract function to attacker-controlled contracts and EOAs; the report provides transaction evidence, a breakdown of stolen assets, and recommends moving assets, using hardware wallets, and improving supply-chain and key-generation practices.