Hack history / 2021 / Hack or exploit
Impossible Finance
Hack or exploit on Jun 21, 2021 · Spot Price Manipulation
IN REVIEWSOURCES DISAGREE ON DATE OR LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$500K
sources: $245K to $500K
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,156
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Impossible Finance was attacked via flash loan when an attacker created a fake token (AAA/BBB) to manipulate liquidity pool prices. The attacker extracted 229.84 ETH (~$500K) through multiple swaps at artificial prices.
In review: sources disagree on the loss.
Details
- Date
- Jun 21, 2021
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Spot Price Manipulation
- How in
- Price, oracle and governance
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- BNB Chain
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Impossible Finance hack, Jun 21, 2021: $500K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht7cf967a323/ (data as of 2026-10-31).