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Incident · SLOWMIST

Hedgey

Flash Loan Attack
Estimated loss
$44.70M
VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
▰ METHOD
FLASHLOAN
FLASHLOANBYTECODE CATCHABLEAI SCANNABLE
Root cause

Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.

▰ PROOF OF CONCEPT
DEFIHACKLABS
src/test/2024-04/HedgeyFinance_exp.sol
view forked test on github ↗

Reproducible Foundry test fork from SunWeb3Sec/DeFiHackLabs. Clone the repo, run forge test against the file path above, and replay the exploit against a mainnet fork at the historical block. Use for reproduction only — not for live targets.

Forensic narrative

Hedgey Finance suffered two exploits, one on the Ethereum and another on the Arbitrum network. The ETH attack resulted in a loss of $1.9 million, while the Arbitrum exploit led to a theft of $42.8 million in ARB tokens. Attack method (per SlowMist): Flash Loan Attack. Reported loss: $ 44,700,000.

Primary source
https://cryptonews.com/news/hedgey-finance-suffers-dual-exploits-losing-44-7-million-in-funds.htm
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
ethereum
protocol
Hedgey
bug_class
flashloan
date_occurred
2024-04-19
loss_usd
$44,700,000
source_id
sm:hedgey::2024-04-19
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