Cryptocurrency [loss] $7M+

"Missing line of code leads to $7.2 million exploit of DEX BurgerSwap"

2021-05-28 [vendor] BurgerSwap [chain] bsc
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $7.2M (7,200,000 USD)
Blockchain(s) Bsc

Incident Details

A missing line of code made it “trivally” easy for an attacker to use a flash loan attack to pull $7.2 million from the DeFi platform BurgerSwap. BurgerSwap said it would “strive to cover all [users’] loss”.

Total loss estimated at $7,200,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Flash loan attack on smart contract
Vendor / Product
BurgerSwap

Timeline

  1. 2021-05-28 Breach occurred
  2. 2021-05-28 Publicly disclosed