Hack history / 2019 / Hack or exploit

TronCrush

Hack or exploit on Mar 29, 2019 · Infinite Mint

SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES

Lost

undisclosed

dollars at the time

Returned

none listed

as the sources state it

Rank

not ranked

collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked

What happened

TronCrush's transfer function did not validate that the 'to' and 'from' addresses must be different, allowing an attacker to create tokens without foundation through self-transfers. Over 20 smart contracts and dapps were vulnerable to this same pattern.

Details

Date: Mar 29, 2019
Kind: Hack or exploit
Method: Infinite Mint
How in: Smart contract bug
Target: DeFi protocol
Chains: Tron

Reported by

DefiLlama ↗
SlowMist Hacked ↗

Related incidents

TronBank 2019 · Hack or exploit · undisclosed

Cite this page

SwanBluechip, "TronCrush hack, Mar 29, 2019: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht4a8381b3e6/ (data as of 2026-10-31).

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