Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
Hope Finance
Hack or exploit on Feb 20, 2023 · Arbitrary External Call
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$2M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#698
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On February 20, 2023, Hope Finance (Arbitrum stablecoin protocol) was exploited by an insider who modified the TradingHelper contract to redirect GenesisRewardPool funds to an attacker address. ~$2M was stolen; ~$1.86M was laundered through Tornado Cash.
Details
- Date
- Feb 20, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Arbitrary External Call
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Arbitrum
- Audit (rekt.news)
- AuditRateTech, Cognitos
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Hope Finance hack, Feb 20, 2023: $2M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/hta636e430c4/ (data as of 2026-11-01).