Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
Synthetify
Hack or exploit on Oct 19, 2023 · Malicious Proposal
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$230K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,443
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Synthetify was compromised through a governance attack targeting an inactive DAO with pure token-based voting. The protocol was frozen and no funds were recovered as stolen assets were mixed through Tornado Cash.
Details
- Date
- Oct 19, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Malicious Proposal
- How in
- Price, oracle and governance
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Solana
After the theft
- Frozen
- yes, amount not stated
“The protocol was frozen and no funds were recovered as stolen assets were mixed through Tornado Cash.” (DefiLlama)
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Synthetify hack, Oct 19, 2023: $230K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht94cfbda5dc/ (data as of 2026-10-31).