Cryptocurrency [loss] $1M+

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2023-05-01 [vendor] Level Finance [chain] bsc
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $1.1M (1,100,000 USD)
Blockchain(s) Bsc

Incident Details

The Level Finance decentralized perpetual exchange was exploited after an attacker discovered a vulnerability in one of the project’s smart contracts. They were able to drain 214,000 LVL tokens, which they swapped to 3,345 BNB ($1.1 million). The contract had been audited by Obelisk and Quantstamp, but neither firm apparently discovered the vulnerability.The attack caused the LVL token to drop substantially in price, plunging from around $9.00 to as low as $4.20 before recovering to around $7 — a loss of 22%.

Total loss estimated at $1,100,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Smart contract exploit / hack
Vendor / Product
Level Finance

Timeline

  1. 2023-05-01 Breach occurred
  2. 2023-05-01 Publicly disclosed