Data leak [loss] $113M+

"Decentralized Crypto Exchange Offline After Hacker Steals $113M"

2022-06-05 [vendor] Maiar exchange
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $113.0M (113,000,000 USD)

Incident Details

Hackers were able to discover and exploit a bug in the decentralized exchange Maiar, stealing assets notionally worth $113 million. Maiar developers took the exchange offline soon after discovering the exploit, but not before the hackers made off with 1.65 million EGLD (the native token of the Elrond blockchain, on which Maiar is built). The sale of around $54 million of the pilfered EGLD caused the token to plummet from $76 to $5 on the Maiar exchange.Maiar’s founder and CEO has claimed that “most exploited funds have been either recovered in full, or will be covered by the Elrond Foundation”, though it’s not clear how (or if) any of the funds were recovered.

Total loss estimated at $113,000,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Smart contract exploit / hack
Vendor / Product
Maiar exchange

Timeline

  1. 2022-06-05 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-06-05 Publicly disclosed