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Incident · CHAINSEC

PancakeBunny

Exploit
Estimated loss
$200.00M
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/2021-05/PancakeBunny_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

Popular Binance Smart Chain-based decentralized finance protocol PancakeBunny has suffered a major exploit that allowed a hacker to make off with more than $200 million worth of crypto assets. Reported loss: $200,000,000.

Primary source
https://cointelegraph.com/news/pancakebunny-tanks-96-following-200m-flash-loan-exploit
Sourced from
chainsec
Technical record
chain
bsc
protocol
PancakeBunny
bug_class
unknown
date_occurred
2021-05-19
loss_usd
$200,000,000
source_id
cs:pancakebunny::2021-05-19
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