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/2020-11/Pickle_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
The coffers of Pickle Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol with a native token that looks suspiciously like Pickle Rick, of Rick and Morty fame, were drained today of $20 million in what appears to be a hack. Reported loss: $30,000,000.
Primary source
https://decrypt.co/49149/pickle-finance-hack ↗Sourced from
chainsec
Technical record
- chain
- —
- protocol
- Pickle Finance
- bug_class
- unknown
- date_occurred
- 2020-11-21
- loss_usd
- $30,000,000
- source_id
- cs:pickle-finance::2020-11-21
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