Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
Pirate X
Hack or exploit on Mar 9, 2022 · Improper Access Control
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 3 SOURCES
Lost
$78K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,813
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Pirate X gaming platform staking wallet was compromised. An attacker sold 9.6M PXP tokens from the protocol, profiting approximately 212 BNB. The team acknowledged bypassing security inspection before launching a vulnerable conversion feature.
Details
- Date
- Mar 9, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Improper Access Control
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- BNB Chain
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Pirate X hack, Mar 9, 2022: $78K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht6d366291bb/ (data as of 2026-10-31).