Astra Nova explained the collapse of the recently launched RVV token due to the hacking of one of the market maker's accounts.

«Unfortunately, one of our market making accounts (belonging to a third-party partner) was compromised, and the attacker gained access to it, starting to liquidate assets» — says the project's team message.

The developers notified the exchanges of what happened and are cooperating with on-chain experts to investigate the incident. They noted that the smart contracts and infrastructure of the project have been audited and remain secure.

On October 19, an analyst with the nickname EmberCN reported that the suspected perpetrator sold about 8.6% of the total volume of tokens for 10.2 million USDT. Of these, 8.226 million coins were transferred to the exchanges Gate and KuCoin; 2.041 million remain in wallet 0x643.

EmberCN questioned the version of the token theft.

«What hacker would exchange stolen assets for USDT and just hold them? Moreover, transferring directly to centralized exchanges is foolish. USDT can be frozen, and funds on CEX are easy to track. Where have you seen such a short-sighted hacker?» — he wrote.

The Astra Nova team promised to buy back the volume of tokens affected by the incident from the market. The developers also called on on-chain analysts and Chainalysis specialists to help return the stolen funds for a reward of 10%.

The hacker was offered to return the assets independently — in this case, he would also be able to receive 10%.

#AstraNova — an entertainment ecosystem based on artificial intelligence founded in Saudi Arabia. The project uses AI for game and application development. Among the company's products are the eponymous RPG based on Unreal Engine 5, the mini-app in Telegram Deviants: Fight Club, and the comic platform NovaToon.

Let us remind you that the total losses of the digital asset industry due to hacker attacks in Q3 decreased by 37% — to $509 million.