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Pythia

Sep 2, 2024

$53K
Lost
$53K
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$53K
Unrecovered0% recovered

On September 2, 2024, Pythia Finance's algorithmic stablecoin protocol was exploited for approximately $53,000 via a reentrancy vulnerability in the claim rewards function. The attacker repeatedly called the function without allowing reward balances to update between calls, extracting unauthorized rewards.

How the exploit worked

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Logic Flaw.

Lost: 21 ETH

Source: DeFiHackLabs (SunWeb3Sec)

Target
DeFi
Classification
Reentrancy
Technique
Reentrancy
Attribution
Unknown
Chains
Ethereum

Event timeline

  1. Sep 2, 2024
    Exploit executed — $53K drained via reentrancy
  2. Attributed to Unknown
  3. Recovery status Unrecovered 0%

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