CoW DAO Domain Hijacking Incident Compensation Plan Approved; Affected Users Must Report by May 14

On May 12, CoW DAO announced that its domain registrar was subjected to a social engineering attack on April 14, during which the attacker briefly controlled the official domain for about 4.5 hours. During this time, users were directed to a phishing website, leading them to sign malicious transactions. The project team emphasized that the CoW Protocol itself was not compromised, but some user assets were affected during this time window. In response to the incident, the CoW DAO community governance proposal CIP-86 has been approved, establishing a discretionary compensation fund to reimburse affected users for their losses. The official reminder states that eligible users must submit their claims by May 14, including affected wallet addresses, asset information, transaction hashes, and names, and apply via email to help@cow.fi, with the email subject clearly indicating ‘Discretionary Grant Claim for’.