Hack history / 2026 / Hack or exploit
Renegade
Hack or exploit on May 10, 2026 · Uninitialized Proxy
ATTACK TX CONFIRMED ON CHAINSOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 3 SOURCES
Lost
$209K
dollars at the time
Returned
$209K
100% of the loss, as a source states it
Rank
#1,472
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On May 10, 2026, Renegade V1 on Arbitrum was exploited for $209K via unprotected initializer function and proxy version counter desynchronization. Attacker injected malicious logic via delegatecall to drain 27 ERC-20 tokens; whitehat recovered ~$190K within 45 minutes.
Details
- Date
- May 10, 2026
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Uninitialized Proxy
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Arbitrum
After the theft
- Recovered or seized
- $190K
“whitehat recovered ~$190K within 45 minutes.” (DefiLlama) - Returned by the attacker
- $190K
“The whitehat returned ~$190,000 within 45 minutes.” (SlowMist Hacked) - Victims reimbursed
- yes, amount not stated
“The team confirmed the issue was isolated to the V1 Arbitrum deployment (which has been paused), all other deployments are safe, and all affected users will be made whole.” (SlowMist Hacked)
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Renegade hack, May 10, 2026: $209K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht840b2b843f/ (data as of 2026-10-31).