Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
Locus Finance
Hack or exploit on Dec 30, 2023 · Private Key Compromised
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$321K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,293
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On December 30, 2023, Locus Finance vaults were exploited when an attacker compromised a developer's private key during a CTO transition. Without multisig security, the attacker used administrative access to drain $320,964 from vaults.
Details
- Date
- Dec 30, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Private Key Compromised
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Ethereum, Arbitrum
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Locus Finance hack, Dec 30, 2023: $321K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/hta38e7dd08a/ (data as of 2026-10-31).