Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.
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.
On October 18, 2023, , the HopeLend protocol fell victim to a hacker attack. The attack resulted in a loss of approximately 528 ETH, out of which 263.91 ETH were bribed by the frontrunner to a Validator (managed by Lido). The exploit frontrunner eventually profited by 264.08 ETH. On October 20, Hope.money tweeted that a frontrunner from Armor Team voluntarily returned the acquired assets. Attack method (per SlowMist): Contract Vulnerability. Reported loss: $ 818,747.
- chain
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- protocol
- HopeLend
- bug_class
- logic
- date_occurred
- 2023-10-18
- loss_usd
- $818,747
- source_id
- sm:hopelend::2023-10-18