Hack history / 2024 / Hack or exploit
Chainge Finance
Hack or exploit on Apr 15, 2024 · Arbitrary External Call
ATTACK TX CONFIRMED ON CHAINSOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$716K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,035
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On April 15, 2024, ChaingeFinance on BSC was exploited via arbitrary external call in the swap function. Both the target contract and callData parameters were controllable, allowing attackers to execute unauthorized transferFrom calls on victim accounts, draining all approved tokens.
Details
- Date
- Apr 15, 2024
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Arbitrary External Call
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- BNB Chain
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Chainge Finance hack, Apr 15, 2024: $716K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht5a95798af9/ (data as of 2026-10-31).