Hack history / 2020 / Hack or exploit
YFValue
Hack or exploit on Aug 24, 2020 · Staking Pool Vulnerability
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$170M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#35
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
The DeFi project YFValue (YFV) officially released an announcement stating that the team found a loophole in the YFV pledge pool yesterday, and malicious participants used the vulnerability to reset the YFV timer in the pledge separately. There is a risk of being locked in $170 million in funds. Currently, a malicious participant is trying to blackmail the team using this vulnerability.
Details
- Date
- Aug 24, 2020
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Staking Pool Vulnerability
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "YFValue hack, Aug 24, 2020: $170M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht7da64178d9/ (data as of 2026-10-31).