Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
Pixel Penguin
Hack or exploit on May 31, 2023 · Rug Pull
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$117K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,668
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On-chain detective ZachXBT tweeted that a Rug Pull occurred on Pixel Penguin, a charity project created by Hopeexist1, which claimed to raise funds to help him fight cancer. At present, the social accounts of Hopeexist1 and Pixel Penguin have been deleted, and the Pixel Penguin contract is worth only $117,000 (61.686 ETH).
Details
- Date
- May 31, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Rug Pull
- How in
- Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Pixel Penguin hack, May 31, 2023: $117K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht5fbdf9e180/ (data as of 2026-10-31).