Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
Carson DeFi
Hack or exploit on Jul 26, 2023 · Spot Price Manipulation
ATTACK TX CONFIRMED ON CHAINSOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 3 SOURCES
Lost
$150K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,577
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Carson DeFi token on BSC was exploited via a flash loan-based price manipulation attack. The attacker used borrowed assets to artificially move prices on connected pools, then captured value from the temporary price imbalance.
Details
- Date
- Jul 26, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Spot Price Manipulation
- How in
- Price, oracle and governance
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- BNB Chain
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Carson DeFi hack, Jul 26, 2023: $150K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht4a01d17097/ (data as of 2026-10-31).