Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
Balancer V2
Hack or exploit on Sep 19, 2023 · Frontend Compromise
SOURCES DISAGREE ON DATE OR LOSS · 3 SOURCES
Lost
$238K
sources: $238K to $350K
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,427
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Balancer's DNS was hijacked and redirected users to phishing frontend, stealing ~$238K from users. Smart contracts were unaffected; only DNS infrastructure was compromised.
Details
- Date
- Sep 19, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Frontend Compromise
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Ethereum
Related incidents
Balancer V1 2026 · Hack or exploit · $250K
Balancer V1 2026 · Hack or exploit · $234K
Balancer V2 2025 · Hack or exploit · $120.5M
Balancer V2 2023 · Hack or exploit · $2M
Balancer 2023 · Hack or exploit · $11.9M
Balancer V1 2026 · Hack or exploit · $234K
Balancer V2 2025 · Hack or exploit · $120.5M
Balancer V2 2023 · Hack or exploit · $2M
Balancer 2023 · Hack or exploit · $11.9M
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Balancer V2 hack, Sep 19, 2023: $238K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht0a96f5b57d/ (data as of 2026-10-31).