Hack history / 2025 / Hack or exploit
IRYS AI
Hack or exploit on May 20, 2025 · Backdoor Contract
ATTACK TX CONFIRMED ON CHAINSOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$70K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,844
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
IRYS AI token on BSC deployed with a backdoor admin function that allowed the deployer to bypass standard permission checks. The _taxWallet was given privileged drain capability, enabling extraction of $69.6K directly from user wallets in a single transaction.
Details
- Date
- May 20, 2025
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Backdoor Contract
- How in
- Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses
- Target
- Token
- Chains
- BNB Chain
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "IRYS AI hack, May 20, 2025: $70K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht0df825d0f7/ (data as of 2026-10-31).