Hack history / 2024 / Hack or exploit
PlayDapp
Hack or exploit on Feb 9, 2024 · Hot Wallet Key Compromised
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$290M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#19
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
The PlayDapp deployer key was compromised via spear-phishing attack. The attacker added themselves as a minter for the PLA token contract and minted 1.79 billion tokens across two transactions (Feb 9 and Feb 12), valued at $290M.
Details
- Date
- Feb 9, 2024
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Hot Wallet Key Compromised
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "PlayDapp hack, Feb 9, 2024: $290M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht0a139ba24d/ (data as of 2026-11-01).