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Paid Network

Mar 5, 2021

$27.0M
Lost
$27.0M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$27.0M
Unrecovered0% recovered

PAID Network's token contract was compromised on March 5, 2021 when an attacker gained access to the deployment wallet's private key. 4M unauthorized PAID tokens.

How the exploit worked

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Private key compromised.

Lost: $3 million

Source: DeFiHackLabs (SunWeb3Sec)

Target
DeFi
Classification
Token & Share Accounting
Technique
Infinite Mint
Attribution
Unknown
Chains
Ethereum

Event timeline

  1. Mar 5, 2021
    Exploit executed — $27.0M drained via infinite mint
  2. Attributed to Unknown
  3. Recovery status Unrecovered 0%

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