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Ekubo
May 5, 2026
$1.4M
Lost
$1.4M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$1.4M
Unrecovered0% recovered
On May 5, 2026, Ekubo's EVM swap router contracts were exploited when attackers discovered the contracts failed to verify whether the payer had authorized transactions. 4 million) and laundered funds via Tornado Cash.
How the exploit worked
View reproducible PoCBusiness Logic Flaw.
Lost: ~$1.4M
Source: DeFiHackLabs (SunWeb3Sec)
- Target
- DeFi
- Classification
- Access Control
- Technique
- Token Approval Abuse
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Ethereum
Event timeline
- May 5, 2026Exploit executed — $1.4M drained via token approval abuse
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%
Data credits
- DefiLlamaIncident record, amounts, chains, recovery data and logo
- DeFiHackLabsExploit analysis and reproducible proof-of-concept (by SunWeb3Sec)