Hack history / 2018 / Hack or exploit
EOSBet
Hack or exploit on Oct 15, 2018 · Donation Attack
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$338K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,271
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
EOSBet gaming platform was attacked on October 15, 2018 using a forged transfer notification exploit. Attackers leveraged the fake transfer notification vulnerability to drain funds from the contract. This was the second major hack of EOSBet within a month, with this incident resulting in losses of approximately $338,000.
Details
- Date
- Oct 15, 2018
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Donation Attack
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- EOS
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "EOSBet hack, Oct 15, 2018: $338K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht67b5636b46/ (data as of 2026-11-01).