Normie Memecoin Exploit: Hackers Agree to Return 90% of Stolen Funds if Devs Launch New Token

Yesterday the memecoin Normie, often previously labeled as a "blue chip" of the Base ecosystem, collapsed by 99% due to an exploit in the token contract.

Yesterday afternoon, the memecoin Normie, which was previously considered a “blue chip” of the Base ecosystem, collapsed by 99% due to an exploit in the token contract.

The hacker was able to mint infinite tokens and dump them on the market, causing Normie holders to find themselves with their wallets deep in the red within minutes.

Now the funds could be partially returned by the delinquent, provided that the project developers use 600 ETH out of their own pocket to create a new token and reimburse the scottati users.

Let’s see everything in detail below.

Exploit on Base: the Normie token plummets to -99% and loses 40 million in market cap

What happened yesterday at 12:00 am (UTC+2) is a tragedy for the holders of the memecoin Normie, developed within the much-loved blockchain of Base: the cryptocurrency collapsed by 99% in just a few minutes following a serious exploit.

According to what was reported by the community on X, the hacker allegedly targeted the token contract, exploiting the specific function “swapAndLiquify” which allows minting and selling new Normie coins.

The malicious actor allegedly identified a flaw in the system that allowed him to create unlimited tokens, then dumping them on the market to the detriment of the memecoin holders, who saw their wallet balances plummet (buying the dip is a terrible idea).

Recently another memecoin, namely “HarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu” (BITCON) was exploited using the same technique, probably by the same exploiter.

The situation is particularly serious because other projects in the Base ecosystem may have forked the Normie contract, so the damage is at risk of contagion.

Normie had ridden the meme season of the month of March very well, recording record gains and momentarily surpassing even 100 million in market capitalization.

At the moment of the exploit, the coin was valued at 44 million dollars in market capitalization while now only the cosmic void remains.

Several shitcoiner had previously praised Normie, calling it the “blue chip” of Base tokens, which was particularly supported by the community with a large production of meme content.

Now the account X of the memecoin has been suspended from the platform, so there are no more memes either.

One of the things that is most frightening about this incident is that on the forum “4chan” an anonymous user advised the day before the exploit to sell all Normie tokens as they were aware of what would happen the next day.

The hackers agree to return 90% of the theft provided that a new memecoin funded by the devs of Normie is launched

The story of Normie’s exploit certainly doesn’t end here: a few hours after the incident, the attacker proposed to return 90% of the funds with the remaining 10% as a gift as a “bounty” on the condition that they are not pursued by the memecoin team.

The hacker also asks that the same developers of Normie use 600 ETH out of their own pockets to create a new token to airdrop to the holders of Normie as a form of compensation.

The devs, who control a wallet with 614 ETH for a value of 2.3 million dollars, are reportedly in the negotiation phase at the moment.

We do not know if a new token will actually be launched and in what timeframe all this will happen.

One thing is certain: the launch, if it happens, will be very problematic and will not be able to fully recover the pockets of investors who have been burned.

Furthermore, as we reported in the previous paragraph, Normie’s account on X has been suspended, so communications with the community will have to go through the accounts of crypto influencers.

We remain in anticipation of new updates and an official post-mortem statement from the Normie team.

This incident could mark once and for all the end of the meme season on Base, which had attracted the attention of Degen in particular in March and April.

Yesterday, in fact, many other coins on Base experienced strong dips in conjunction with the incident, except for Brett and Degen which reported quotes in green.

Outside of Base, other top memecoins like Floki, Bonk, and Pepe are showing extremely positive performance with prices about to hit new all-time highs.