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← back to feed·FLASHLOAN2021-05-12 · 5y ago
Incident · CHAINSEC

xToken

Exploit
Estimated loss
$24.50M
VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
▰ METHOD
FLASHLOAN
FLASHLOANBYTECODE CATCHABLEAI SCANNABLE
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.

Forensic narrative

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol xToken said it suffered an exploit Wednesday by an attacker who used flash loans to take $24.5 million. Reported loss: $24,500,000.

Primary source
https://www.coindesk.com/defi-protocol-xtoken-suffers-24-5m-exploit
Sourced from
chainsec
Technical record
chain
protocol
xToken
bug_class
flashloan
date_occurred
2021-05-12
loss_usd
$24,500,000
source_id
cs:xtoken::2021-05-12
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