Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
Velodrome
Hack or exploit on Nov 29, 2023 · DNS Hijack
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$250K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,392
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
An attacker used social engineering to compromise the domain registrar account for both Velodrome and Aerodrome, bypassing 2FA protections. Nameserver records were altered to redirect legitimate traffic to malicious protocol clones. Users were tricked into approving transactions on fake contracts, losing funds to attacker wallets. ChainSec and ZachXBT estimated losses at over $100K-$250K across both protocols.
Details
- Date
- Nov 29, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- DNS Hijack
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Optimism
Reported by
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Velodrome hack, Nov 29, 2023: $250K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht49f81db931/ (data as of 2026-11-01).