Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
LaunchZone
Hack or exploit on Feb 27, 2023 · Improper Access Control
ATTACK TX CONFIRMED ON CHAININ REVIEWSOURCES DISAGREE ON DATE OR LOSS · 3 SOURCES
Lost
$700K
sources: $320K to $700K
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,048
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On February 27, 2023, LaunchZone on BSC suffered a $700,000 exploit via missing access control on the transferFrom() function in the Bscex SwapX contract. The attacker manipulated LZ token prices and executed arbitrary token transfers from liquidity pools.
In review: sources disagree on the loss.
Details
- Date
- Feb 27, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Improper Access Control
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- BNB Chain
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "LaunchZone hack, Feb 27, 2023: $700K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht432b4f3684/ (data as of 2026-10-31).