Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
Quickswap V3
Hack or exploit on May 14, 2022 · DNS Hijack
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$108K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,695
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Attackers hijacked QuickSwap's GoDaddy DNS, redirecting swaps to their address. Users unknowingly traded through the attacker's proxy contracts, losing $107.6K before the domain was recovered on May 18.
Details
- Date
- May 14, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- DNS Hijack
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Polygon
After the theft
- Recovered or seized
- $108K
“Users unknowingly traded through the attacker's proxy contracts, losing $107.6K before the domain was recovered on May 18.” (DefiLlama)
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Quickswap V3 hack, May 14, 2022: $108K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht3ad241ab99/ (data as of 2026-10-31).