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Balancer V1

Sep 9, 2026

$250K
Lost
$250K
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$250K
Unrecovered0% recovered

An attacker exploited a previously disclosed pricing vulnerability in deprecated Balancer V1 pools, extracting approximately $250,000. The attack was financed through flash loans and temporary collateral positions across three Aave V3 lending markets.

How the exploit worked

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joinswapPoolAmountOut rounding drain across 5 pools.

Lost: ~$110,839 for this DPI/USDC/WETH/WBTC pool (~$234K aggregate across all 5 vulnerable pools)

Source: DeFiHackLabs (SunWeb3Sec)

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

Event timeline

  1. Sep 9, 2026
    Exploit executed — $250K drained via swap logic flaw
  2. Attributed to Unknown
  3. Recovery status Unrecovered 0%

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