Hack history / 2025 / Hack or exploit
LND
Hack or exploit on May 9, 2025 · Improper Access Control
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$1.2M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#879
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
LND, a Sonic-based Aave fork, lost $1.18M in May 2025 when a developer with unilateral deployment control introduced a malicious access-control modification that reached production unreviewed. Halborn identified the developer as a DPRK IT worker.
Details
- Date
- May 9, 2025
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Improper Access Control
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Sonic, Hyperliquid
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "LND hack, May 9, 2025: $1.2M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht7a7e5afe77/ (data as of 2026-11-01).