Arkham launches Trader Joe front-end vulnerability incident bounty program

Arkham created and funded a bounty on its data sharing platform, Intel Exchange, to help identify the individual or organization behind the recent Trader Joe front-end vulnerability incident. Information submitted by users to the bounty program will be shared with the Trader Joe team to support their investigation.

Earlier, on November 18th, Trader Joe issued a warning on X platform: "We have received alerts about possible vulnerabilities in the front-end. Our team is conducting a thorough investigation immediately. We strongly advise all users not to trade or execute any transactions on Trader Joe DEX." Later, Trader Joe stated that the front-end malicious code had been fixed and front-end functions had been restored, such as trading, liquidity, staking, borrowing, and lending.

On November 22nd, Trader Joe stated that compensation for most users affected by the recent front-end vulnerability incident has now been processed. Based on the time of the vulnerability, a total of 97 users on Avalanche, 17 users on Arbitrum, and 6 users on BNB Chain received a total of $87,000 in compensation.