Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
Crosswise
Hack or exploit on Jan 18, 2022 · Improper Access Control
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$879K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#977
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Crosswise's MasterChef contract had public exposure of privileged functions, allowing an attacker to gain unauthorized access. The hacker exploited this to set a trusted forwarder, compromise owner privileges, and withdraw 692K CRSS tokens. After swapping to WBNB, the attacker laundered 547 WBNB through Tornado Cash.
Details
- Date
- Jan 18, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Improper Access Control
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- BNB Chain
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crosswise hack, Jan 18, 2022: $879K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht77513d3e19/ (data as of 2026-10-31).