VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
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/Spartan_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
According to the SlowMist Intelligence, the Binance smart chain project Spartan Protocol was hacked and the loss amounted to about 30 million U.S. dollars. The event was due to a flaw in the calculation of liquidity shares in the protocol. Attack method (per SlowMist): Contract Vulnerability. Reported loss: $ 30,000,000.
Primary source
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2021/05/02/binance-smart-chains-spartan-protocol-loses-30m-in-exploit/ ↗Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- bsc
- protocol
- Spartan Protocol
- bug_class
- logic
- date_occurred
- 2021-05-02
- loss_usd
- $30,000,000
- source_id
- sm:spartan-protocol::2021-05-02
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