Leaderboard
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CF
Curve Finance MEV Bot
Nov 7, 2023
$2.0M
Lost
$2.0M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$2.0M
Unrecovered0% recovered
An MEV arbitrage bot on Ethereum was exploited when an attacker discovered a vulnerability allowing unauthorized calls to a function that traded wBTC for wETH. Using a flash loan to manipulate Curve pool prices, the attacker forced the bot to purchase wBTC at inflated prices.
- Target
- DeFi
- Classification
- Access Control
- Technique
- Improper Access Control
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Ethereum
Event timeline
- Nov 7, 2023Exploit executed — $2.0M drained via improper access control
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%