Hack history / 2020 / Hack or exploit
Filecoin
Hack or exploit on May 28, 2020 · Contract Vulnerability
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
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
6Block technical staff found a serious vulnerability in the Filecoin code, through which the unlimited issuance of Filecoin can be achieved. The 6Block stated that, for proving the effectiveness of the vulnerability, the three miner accounts t01043, t027999, and t0234783 of 6Block had completed an additional issuance of 1.6 billion Filecoin using the vulnerability, taking the top three places in the Filecoin rich list. The 6Block team independently discovered and reported the vulnerability to Filecoin official, and is currently actively assisting the Filecoin to complete the vulnerability fixing.
Details
- Date
- May 28, 2020
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Contract Vulnerability
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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SwanBluechip, "Filecoin hack, May 28, 2020: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht5b6880288f/ (data as of 2026-10-31).