Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
GERA
Hack or exploit on Sep 7, 2022 · Deployer Key Compromised
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$1.5M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#803
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
The GERA token's deployer private key was compromised, allowing an attacker to transfer ownership of the smart contract to another address. This gave the attacker full control over the token contract.
Details
- Date
- Sep 7, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Deployer Key Compromised
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "GERA hack, Sep 7, 2022: $1.5M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht4a26c9ba1e/ (data as of 2026-11-01).