Leaderboard
528All-time rank
V
Verge
May 22, 2018
$1.8M
Lost
$1.8M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$1.8M
Unrecovered0% recovered
Between April and May 2018, attackers exploited Verge's timestamp validation mechanism by mining blocks with spoofed timestamps set one hour in the past, forcing rapid difficulty adjustments. 75M.
The attackers manipulated multiple mining algorithms to maximize coin generation.
- Target
- Other
- Classification
- Protocol Logic
- Technique
- Withdrawal Logic Flaw
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Verge
Event timeline
- May 22, 2018Exploit executed — $1.8M drained via withdrawal logic flaw
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%