Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
Acala
Hack or exploit on Aug 14, 2022 · Infinite Mint
IN REVIEWSOURCES DISAGREE ON DATE OR LOSS · 4 SOURCES
Lost
$52M
sources: $1.6M to $52M
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#102
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
A misconfiguration in the iBTC/aUSD liquidity pool's incentive mechanism allowed unlimited minting of aUSD tokens instead of LP tokens. Over 1.2 billion aUSD were minted before the network was paused and funds recovered.
In review: sources disagree on the loss.
Details
- Date
- Aug 14, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Infinite Mint
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Acala, Polkadot
- Audit (rekt.news)
- out of scope
After the theft
- Recovered or seized
- yes, amount not stated
“Over 1.2 billion aUSD were minted before the network was paused and funds recovered.” (DefiLlama)
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Acala hack, Aug 14, 2022: $52M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht8cb5fc77df/ (data as of 2026-10-31).