Security News > 2022 > January > Crypto platform ARBIX flagged as a rugpull, transfers $10 million
Arbix Finance, an audited and supposedly trustworthy yield farming platform, has been flagged as a 'rugpull,' deleting its site, Twitter, and Telegram channel and transferring $10 million worth of deposited cryptocurrency.
Rugpulls, otherwise known as "Exist scams," are when pseudo-anonymous platforms or cryptocurrencies are created twith the ultimate goal of collecting funds for an allegedly legitimate "Service" and then disappear with deposited funds.
In Arbix's case, CertiK's conducted an audit on November 19th, 2021, whose findings had initially been a reason for users to trust Arbix Finance.
Today CertiK tweeted that Arbix is now classified as a rugpull after the token's smart contract was detected minting 10 million ARBIX to addresses under the owner's control and then dumping them for Ethereum.
The operators of Arbix also moved $10 million in funds deposited by users to "Unverified pools," where they were converted to Ethereum.
In October 2020, a similar platform named Harvest Finance was hacked, leading to the theft of $24 million from users.