Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
unshETH
Hack or exploit on May 31, 2023 · Key Stored Publicly
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 3 SOURCES
Lost
$375K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,243
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
A developer leaked private deployment keys to GitHub, which an attacker exploited to drain $375K from the unshETH staking protocol. The attacker transferred ownership of smart contracts to themselves before the protocol emergency-paused withdrawals and the keys were secured.
Details
- Date
- May 31, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Key Stored Publicly
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Ethereum
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "unshETH hack, May 31, 2023: $375K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht1d30487f40/ (data as of 2026-10-31).