Hack history / 2024 / Hack or exploit
Gain
Hack or exploit on Feb 21, 2024 · Infinite Mint
ATTACK TX CONFIRMED ON CHAINSOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$3M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#583
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
An unauthorized mint function allowed attackers to create 5 billion GAIN tokens without proper access control. The tokens were immediately sold, crashing the token price 95%.
Details
- Date
- Feb 21, 2024
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Infinite Mint
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- Token
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
Related incidents
Gala 2024 · Hack or exploit · $21.8M
OcelotDex 2024 · Hack or exploit · $4.9M
Super Sushi Samurai 2024 · Hack or exploit · $4.6M
Holograph 2024 · Hack or exploit · $1.2M
OcelotDex 2024 · Hack or exploit · $980K
OcelotDex 2024 · Hack or exploit · $4.9M
Super Sushi Samurai 2024 · Hack or exploit · $4.6M
Holograph 2024 · Hack or exploit · $1.2M
OcelotDex 2024 · Hack or exploit · $980K
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Gain hack, Feb 21, 2024: $3M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/hta5791aa697/ (data as of 2026-11-01).