Cryptocurrency

"Once-hacked for $77M, Beanstalk's algo stablecoin protocol relaunches"

2022-08-06 [vendor] Beanstalk Farms tries a relaunch [chain] ethereum
Primary Source ↗
Blockchain(s) Ethereum

Incident Details

The algorithmic stablecoin project Beanstalk Farms suffered a devastating hack in April 2022, suffering $182 million in losses from a governance attack and flash loan exploit on the project. The project tried a fundraiser to restore the stolen money, but only raised $10 million.Now, Beanstalk is re-launching, saying they’ve made changes to their governance model and security practices, and have received audits from two major firms.In June, the project creator stated that “The thing about a system like Beanstalk is that it works until it doesn’t. You can never actually know if it works, only that it has worked so far.”

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Flash loan attack on smart contract
Vendor / Product
Beanstalk Farms tries a relaunch

Timeline

  1. 2022-08-06 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-08-06 Publicly disclosed