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{"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"312d7168-4587-4013-b950-2b2717d3aa4a","kind":"publish","page_slug":"compounder-finance","published_at":"2026-05-25T17:34:24.060Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"Compounder Finance","sections":[{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2020/12/02/108m-stolen-developers-implicated-in-alleged-smart-contract-rug-pull","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://coingeek.com/compounder-dev-team-steals-over-10-million-in-latest-defi-attack/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://etherscan.io/token/0x7ef1081ecc8b5b5b130656a41d4ce4f89dbbcc8c","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2020/12/02/108m-stolen-developers-implicated-in-alleged-smart-contract-rug-pull","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://decrypt.co/50196/defi-auditor-death-threats-12-million-rug-pull","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://cryptoslate.com/this-defi-app-based-on-ethereum-just-stole-12-million-from-its-users/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://coingeek.com/compounder-dev-team-steals-over-10-million-in-latest-defi-attack/","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2020/12/02/108m-stolen-developers-implicated-in-alleged-smart-contract-rug-pull","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://decrypt.co/50196/defi-auditor-death-threats-12-million-rug-pull","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/compounderfinancerugpull.php","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://coingeek.com/compounder-dev-team-steals-over-10-million-in-latest-defi-attack/","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://decrypt.co/50196/defi-auditor-death-threats-12-million-rug-pull","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2020/12/02/108m-stolen-developers-implicated-in-alleged-smart-contract-rug-pull","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://coingeek.com/compounder-dev-team-steals-over-10-million-in-latest-defi-attack/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/compounderfinancerugpull.php","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/compounderfinancerugpull.php","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2020/12/02/108m-stolen-developers-implicated-in-alleged-smart-contract-rug-pull","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://chainbulletin.com/compounder-finance-developers-allegedly-involved-in-10-8-million-rug-pull-scheme","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2020/12/02/108m-stolen-developers-implicated-in-alleged-smart-contract-rug-pull","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://cryptoslate.com/this-defi-app-based-on-ethereum-just-stole-12-million-from-its-users/","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://decrypt.co/50196/defi-auditor-death-threats-12-million-rug-pull","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2020/12/02/108m-stolen-developers-implicated-in-alleged-smart-contract-rug-pull","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/compounderfinancerugpull.php","type":"other","url":""}]}],"sources_used":[],"summary":"Compounder Finance was an Ethereum-based DeFi yield aggregator that launched in November 2020 and executed a deliberate rug pull approximately 22 days later, stealing between $10.8 million and $12.5 million from investors. Anonymous developers embedded hidden 'Evil Strategy' smart contracts behind a publicly visible but unmonitored 24-hour timelock, then drained all user funds and deleted the project's website and social media accounts. No funds were recovered and the perpetrators have never been publicly identified.","timeline":[{"date":"2020-11-08","event":"Compounder Finance smart contract deployed on Ethereum (CP3R token contract: 0x7ef1081ecc8b5b5b130656a41d4ce4f89dbbcc8c).","source":""},{"date":"2020-11-19","event":"Solidity Finance releases audit report, flagging centralized developer control over strategy pools via a 24-hour timelock but concluding the protocol is safe from external attacks.","source":""},{"date":"2020-11-19","event":"In the weeks following the audit, developers begin deploying malicious 'Evil Strategy' contracts through the publicly visible but unmonitored timelock.","source":""},{"date":"2020-12-01","event":"Developers execute the rug pull, calling inCaseStrategyTokenGetStuck() across seven malicious strategy contracts and draining all user funds. Website, Twitter, Medium, and Discord are deleted.","source":""},{"date":"2020-12-02","event":"CoinDesk reports $10.8 million stolen; Compound Finance founder Robert Leshner publicly condemns the scheme and confirms no affiliation.","source":""},{"date":"2020-12-02","event":"CP3R token collapses approximately 98.8% in 24 hours, trading at $0.24.","source":""},{"date":"2020-12-03","event":"Decrypt reports Solidity Finance received death threats within 36 hours of the rug pull. DeFiYield.info — which claims $1 million in losses — announces a $50,000 bounty for information leading to fund recovery and organizes a Telegram victim group.","source":""},{"date":"2020-12-03","event":"Solidity Finance publicly acknowledges it should have been clearer about the implications of developer-controlled admin keys and commits to more robust future disclosures.","source":""}]},"v":1}