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← back to feed·FLASHLOAN2021-02-05 · 5y ago
Incident · SLOWMIST

YFI

Flash loan attack
Estimated loss
$11.00M
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

Yearn v1 yDAI vault was attacked and the attackers stole 2.8 million US dollars. Banteg, the core developer of Yearn finance, subsequently stated that the attacker received 2.8 million US dollars and vault lost 11 million US dollars. Attack method (per SlowMist): Flash loan attack. Reported loss: $ 11,000,000.

Primary source
https://twitter.com/iearnfinance/status/1357451290561937408
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
YFI
bug_class
flashloan
date_occurred
2021-02-05
loss_usd
$11,000,000
source_id
sm:yfi::2021-02-05
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