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The project has faced a protocol-level smart contract exploit in December 2025 ($516K lost), a separate compromise of its official social media account in October 2025, and significant community criticism over alleged funding misrepresentation, undisclosed insider token allocations, and concerns that two co-founders departing from Conflux Network constituted a reputational 'soft rug' of that project. No regulatory actions have been identified as of May 2026.","timeline":[{"date":"2024-03-26","event":"0G Labs publicly launches with a $35 million pre-seed round led by Hack VC; project described as building a modular AI blockchain.","source":""},{"date":"2024-12-01","event":"0G Foundation announces $290 million in financing, comprising $40M seed equity and a $250M token purchase commitment; community backlash follows over alleged misrepresentation of the fundraising structure.","source":""},{"date":"2025-02-13","event":"Conflux Network co-founder Ming Wu officially joins 0G Labs as CTO, prompting CFX soft-rug allegations from the Conflux community.","source":""},{"date":"2025-02-01","event":"0G Labs announces an $88.88 million Ecosystem Growth Program targeting AI-native dApps and DeFAI agents.","source":""},{"date":"2025-10-05","event":"Official 0G Labs X account compromised; attacker posts fake airdrop links and disables comments. No token losses reported as the token had not yet launched.","source":""},{"date":"2025-09-21","event":"Aristotle Mainnet launches with Token Generation Event; 0G token lists on Binance, Bitget, HTX, and other exchanges, briefly surging over 500% before declining.","source":""},{"date":"2025-12-05","event":"Attacker exploits CVE-2025-66478 (critical Next.js vulnerability) on 0G Labs' AliCloud infrastructure, beginning lateral movement through internal systems.","source":""},{"date":"2025-12-11","event":"Attacker uses compromised private key to exploit the emergencyWithdraw function of a 0G rewards contract; approximately 520,010 0G tokens, 9.93 ETH, and 4,200 USDT (~$516K total) stolen.","source":""},{"date":"2025-12-13","event":"CertiK flags suspicious Tornado Cash deposits linked to the 0G Labs exploit; stolen tokens traced across BNB Chain and Ethereum bridge addresses.","source":""},{"date":"2025-12-01","event":"0G Foundation publishes post-mortem on the December 11 exploit, confirming private key compromise via AliCloud breach and announcing TEE migration and multi-sig reinforcement.","source":""}]},"v":1}