Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
SharedStake
Hack or exploit on Sep 1, 2023 · Ownership Takeover
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$175K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,529
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On September 1, 2023, SharedStake was exploited when improper ownership checks allowed an attacker to gain admin access. The attacker created a minter address with unlimited permissions, minted sgETH tokens without collateral, and withdrew approximately 105 ETH from the protocol.
Details
- Date
- Sep 1, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Ownership Takeover
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "SharedStake hack, Sep 1, 2023: $175K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht0e07940987/ (data as of 2026-11-01).