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Cork V1

May 28, 2025

$12.0M
Lost
$12.0M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$12.0M
Unrecovered0% recovered

On May 28, 2025, Cork Protocol suffered a $12 million exploit when an attacker created fraudulent market structures with an unprotected beforeSwap hook lacking authorization checks. Missing input validation on market configuration and token validation logic allowed the attacker to create fake token derivatives, draining 3,761 wstETH.

Target
DeFi
Classification
Access Control
Technique
Improper Access Control
Attribution
Unknown
Chains
Ethereum

Event timeline

  1. May 28, 2025
    Exploit executed — $12.0M drained via improper access control
  2. Attributed to Unknown
  3. Recovery status Unrecovered 0%

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