Hack history / 2024 / Hack or exploit

Tapioca DAO

Hack or exploit on Oct 18, 2024 · Impersonation Scam

IN REVIEWSOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 4 SOURCES

Lost

$4.7M

sources: $4.4M to $4.7M

Returned

none listed

as the sources state it

Rank

#467

among thefts by dollars lost

What happened

Tapioca DAO co-founder was compromised on October 18, 2024 via social engineering and malware download. Attacker gained control of TAP vesting contracts and drained stablecoin pools for $4.4M in USDC and ETH.

In review: possible duplicate within one source.

Details

Date: Oct 18, 2024
Kind: Hack or exploit
Method: Impersonation Scam
How in: Phishing and scams
Target: DeFi protocol
Chains: Arbitrum, Ethereum

Reported by

DefiLlama ↗
rekt.news ↗
SlowMist Hacked ↗
Web3 Is Going Great ↗

Related incidents

EigenLayer 2024 · Hack or exploit · $5.7M

Cite this page

SwanBluechip, "Tapioca DAO hack, Oct 18, 2024: $4.7M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht40618b6e0b/ (data as of 2026-10-31).

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