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Alpha Finance

Feb 13, 2021

$37.5M
Lost
$37.5M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$37.5M
Unrecovered0% recovered

Alpha Finance was exploited when an attacker used recursive flash loans to borrow against inflated sUSD debt in the CREAM Iron Bank. A rounding error in the borrow function math enabled manipulation of undercollateralized lending.

Target
DeFi
Classification
Protocol Logic
Technique
Borrow Logic Flaw
Attribution
Unknown
Chains
Ethereum

Event timeline

  1. Feb 13, 2021
    Exploit executed — $37.5M drained via borrow logic flaw
  2. Attributed to Unknown
  3. Recovery status Unrecovered 0%

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