Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
Raydium AMM
Hack or exploit on Dec 16, 2022 · Malware
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 4 SOURCES
Lost
$4.4M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#496
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On December 16, 2022, Raydium AMM private keys were compromised by trojan malware; attacker gained admin access and modified SyncNeedTake pool parameters to extract $4.4M without burning LP tokens. Raydium patched within 4 hours and recovered governance.
Details
- Date
- Dec 16, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Malware
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Solana
After the theft
- Recovered or seized
- yes, amount not stated
“Raydium patched within 4 hours and recovered governance.” (DefiLlama)
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Raydium AMM hack, Dec 16, 2022: $4.4M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht341547f4a5/ (data as of 2026-10-31).