Hack history / 2019 / Hack or exploit
Fishing Joy
Hack or exploit on Mar 8, 2019 · Transaction congestion attack
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$392
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#2,468
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
The attacker launched a series of attacks on the EOS quiz game Fishing Joy, profiting hundreds of EOS. According to analysis, the attacker used the transaction crowding attack to trigger the game's refund mechanism, resulting in 100% profit.
Details
- Date
- Mar 8, 2019
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Transaction congestion attack
- How in
- Other
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- EOS
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Fishing Joy hack, Mar 8, 2019: $392 lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/hta61de50b43/ (data as of 2026-10-31).