BONKfun Resumes Operations: Website Hit by Social Engineering Attack, Users to Receive 110% Compensation for $30,000 Losses

Odaily Planet Daily reports that the BONKfun team announced on the X platform that its official website was subjected to a malicious social engineering attack on March 11. The attacker hijacked the BONKfun domain through the domain service provider and transferred it to an external registrar. The team confirmed that this incident was not caused by any breach of BONK or BONKfun's internal systems, codebase, or team accounts. Following the incident, the team immediately took action: shutting down the website, coordinating with wallet service providers to flag the domain as malicious, and controlling the scope of user impact. Special thanks to @phantom, @solflare, @MetaMask, @_SEAL_Org, and other security partners for quickly spreading warnings. The attack resulted in approximately $30,000 in customer losses. The team will compensate affected users at 110% to cover potential opportunity costs. The BONKfun domain and registration were fully restored around 5 PM Eastern Time on March 18, and major wallet provider functionalities resumed on the evening of March 19. The website is now securely back online. Currently, some antivirus software still flags the main domain as risky, and the team is actively addressing this issue. For users unable to access the official website due to antivirus software, a backup domain has been launched, offering identical functionality to the main site.