Hack history / 2024 / Hack or exploit
Blockchain developer loses over $48,000 after posting private key to Github
Hack or exploit on Jun 5, 2024
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$49K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,936
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- Jun 5, 2024
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Other
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Cosmos
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Blockchain developer loses over $48,000 after posting private key to Github hack, Jun 5, 2024: $49K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht779fb21dd0/ (data as of 2026-10-31).