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Incident · CHAINSEC

Orion Protocol

Exploit
Estimated loss
$3.00M
VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
▰ METHOD
Undisclosed
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/2023-02/Orion_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

Crypto trading venue Orion Protocol was set to pause operations Thursday after an apparent attacker drained millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency, according to cybersecurity firm Peckshield. Reported loss: $3,000,000.

Primary source
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/02/02/orion-protocol-loses-3m-of-crypto-in-trading-pool-exploit/
Sourced from
chainsec
Technical record
chain
protocol
Orion Protocol
bug_class
unknown
date_occurred
2023-02-03
loss_usd
$3,000,000
source_id
cs:orion-protocol::2023-02-03
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