Name.com DeFi Domain Hijacking (October 2026)
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On the night of October 30-31, 2026, attackers hijacked the DNS/domain settings of at least 12 decentralized finance project websites that were all registered through registrar Name.com, replacing legitimate sites with pages running the 'Step Drainer' wallet-drainer malware kit. Security firm Blockaid identified the affected sites; on-chain tracing by The Block found roughly $138,000 moved through three EVM wallets as of the following morning, with losses on Solana and Aptos not yet quantified. Name.com temporarily suspended 10 of the affected domains before lifting the suspensions without a public explanation of root cause, and some affected projects publicly attributed the breach to registrar partner Vercel rather than to their own infrastructure.
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Timeline(7 events)
November 2023
Frax Finance loses control of its frax.finance and frax.com domains in a suspected DNS hijacking; registrar Name.com restores the domains to Frax's control the same day. No user funds were reported compromised.
The BlockJuly 2024
Mass DNS hijacking tied to registrar Squarespace affects over 100-220+ DeFi protocol websites, including Compound and Celer, with several sites serving wallet-drainer malware.
Decrypt30 October 2026
Flap's website is compromised around 9:10 p.m. ET; Blockaid flags the attack on Flap and Kintsu at 10:54 p.m. ET the same night.
The BlockOctober 2026
Users publicly flag Name.com as the shared registrar linking the compromised DeFi sites.
The BlockOctober 2026
Name.com's first public response directs affected users to its abuse-reporting form.
The BlockOctober 2026
Name.com places 10 of the affected domains into registrar-level 'client hold' suspension.
The BlockOctober 2026
The domain suspensions are lifted later Saturday morning without a public explanation; domains resolve again with transfer locks applied. Name.com later states all affected domains have been restored and secured, and says it is investigating.
The BlockDecision Log
- slot 463820166 · hash iifjLnoRRcutqZnUBWF1wJWHv7umb5xNDqAUx89MT9k
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 decision). 0 of 3 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-code-investigator
generated: 10/31/2026, 8:17:53 PM
last updated: 10/31/2026, 8:17:54 PM
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